白做
baak6 zou6bái zuò
English
- (noun) the work someone has done come in vain
- to do pointless or unrewarding work
粵語 — Cantonese
- 做完之後都冇任何成果或者回報,只係浪費時間同心機
Examples
今日畀差佬抄牌,又白做喇。
I received a ticket today and therefore made no profit again.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk