無mou4人jan4問man6津zeon1

simp无人问津

mou4 jan4 man6 zeon1wú rén wèn jīn

English

to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
no one is interested; nobody cares to ask anything about; to be deserted by everyone
to have nobody interested in; literally: nobody asks

粵語 — Cantonese

冇人有興趣

Examples

佢嘅發明雖然好特別，但係唔實用，所以一直都無人問津。
Although his invention is very special, it's not practical. Therefore nobody has been interested in it until now.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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