to no avail; achieving nothing; totally ineffective; to have no effect; to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored)
trad. 毫無效果
Also written 毫無效果【háo wú xiào guǒ】
Characters in this word
4毫
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hair, drawing brush, (in the) least, one thousandth, currency unit, 0.1 yuan
- Pinyin
- háo
- Strokes
- 11
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
效
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variant of 傚|效[xiao4]
- Pinyin
- xiào
- Traditional
- 俲
- Strokes
- 10
果
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fruit, result, resolute, indeed, if really
- Pinyin
- guǒ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 9772 of 2500