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·Vain·tú láo wú gōng·No. 3
·No. 4·English Expression·Thesaurus
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Vain
  Explanation: Paid labor in vain without success.
  Usage: Joint type; as predicate, object; containing derogatory
  Source: Song Xi 'poems pass ":" tired of small and large business, suddenly near the figure far, the only futile but also. "
  Examples: Bolo scaled, time-consuming day Kuang, ~. (China and the real "Chinese Dress" Seven)
tú láo wú gōng
  Futile attempt or useless gesture
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No. 3
  Their failures, in vain, just like the flowers and insects for the same amazing symbiotic
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No. 4
  Futile without effective efforts; often refer to non-transport trip but have not met the person you want to find
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English Expression
  1. n.:  Great cry and little wool.,  Much cry and little wool.,  bite on granite,  bang one's head against a brick wall,  number [plough] the sand,  futility,  water haul,  make a futile effort,  flog a dead horse,  mount on a dead horse,  shoe a goose,  work to no avail
  2. v.:   labor in vain,   work without achieving anything
Thesaurus
wait at one's ease for the fatigued enemy, dwell under one's vine and fig tree, to harp on the same string., new wine in old bottles, it produces silk and traps itself, get up steam; conserve strength and store up energy, fare worse and worse for all one's scheming, (of a nation) recuperate and multiply, One of a relaxation, A relaxation one, To be the Labour Lost
Containing Phrases
unprevailingmake bricks without strawmake ropes of sand
Great cry and little wool. Xiangbameiduo Breaker Mind clear