粵

徒tou4然jin4

tou4 jin4tú rán

English

  1. in vain
  2. for nothing; useless; in vain

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 到頭來都係冇用;白做

Examples

  • 做咗咁多嘢都係徒然嘅。

    Doing so much work turns out to be all in vain, still.

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

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