无所作为無所作為

wú suǒ zuò wéi

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive; feckless

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无wúno, not; lacking, -less一尢所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause户斤作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform亻乍为wèito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be丶力丶