uổng công
Pronunciation
Northern
/uəŋ˧˩˧ kəwŋ˧˧/
Central
/uəŋ˧˩˨ kəwŋ˧˥/
Southern
/uəŋ˨˩˦ kəwŋ˧˧/
Listen
waste effort
Verb
waste effort
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
waste effort
The act of putting in a lot of effort and time without achieving any useful results.
vi Tất cả nỗ lực của chúng tôi đều đã uổng công.
en All our efforts have been a waste of effort.
Parts
uổng / công / 枉工
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Parts
uổng / công / 枉工
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
枉工
Candidates by syllable
uổng
枉
công
工
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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uổng phí / uổng
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uổng phí / uổng
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oan uổng / ép uổng / công việc / thành công …
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Use
oan uổng / ép uổng / công việc / thành công …