无济于事 wú jì yú shì of no avail

Explanation

形容某件事或某行为对事情毫无帮助，无法解决问题，起不到任何作用。

Describes something or an action that is of no help to a matter, cannot solve the problem, and has no effect.

Origin Story

从前，在一个遥远的村庄里，住着一位名叫老李的农民。老李家境贫寒，但他有一颗善良的心，乐于助人。有一天，村里发生了一场大火，老李家的邻居王大婶家被烧得精光，家徒四壁。老李看到王大婶一家无家可归，心痛不已，连忙把自己家里仅有的几件旧衣服和一些粮食拿去送给王大婶，希望能够帮她渡过难关。王大婶感激涕零，连连向老李道谢。可老李的邻居张大叔却对老李的做法嗤之以鼻，他说：“你这样做无济于事，王大婶家已经什么都没了，你这些东西根本帮不了她！”老李听后只是淡淡一笑，没有反驳。他知道，自己能力有限，帮助不了王大婶太多，但只要尽自己所能，就心满意足了。后来，村里的人们都纷纷伸出援助之手，帮助王大婶重建家园，老李的帮助虽然微不足道，但也是一份爱心的体现。

cóng qián, zài yī ge yáo yuǎn de cūn zhuāng lǐ, zhù zhe yī wèi míng jiào lǎo lǐ de nóng mín. lǎo lǐ jiā jìng pín hán, dàn tā yǒu yī kē shàn liáng de xīn, lè yú zhù rén. yǒu yī tiān, cūn lǐ fā shēng le yī chǎng dà huǒ, lǎo lǐ jiā de lín jū wáng dà shěn jiā bèi shāo de jīng guāng, jiā tú sì bì. lǎo lǐ kàn dào wáng dà shěn yī jiā wú jiā kě guī, xīn tòng bù yǐ, lián máng bǎ zì jǐ jiā lǐ jǐn yǒu de jǐ jiàn jiù yī fú hé yī xiē liáng shí ná qù sòng gěi wáng dà shěn, xī wàng néng gòu bāng tā dù guò nán guān. wáng dà shěn gǎn jī tì líng, lián lián xiàng lǎo lǐ dào xiè. kě lǎo lǐ de lín jū zhāng dà shū què duì lǎo lǐ de zuò fǎ chī zhī bǐ, tā shuō: “nǐ zhè yàng zuò wú jì yú shì, wáng dà shěn jiā yǐ jīng shén me dōu méi le, nǐ zhè xiē dōng xi gēn běn bāng bù liǎo tā!

Once upon a time, in a distant village, there lived a farmer named Old Li. Old Li was poor, but he had a kind heart and was always willing to help others. One day, a big fire broke out in the village, and Old Li's neighbor, Mrs. Wang, lost everything in the fire. Old Li saw that Mrs. Wang and her family were homeless, and he was heartbroken. He immediately took some of his old clothes and some food to give to Mrs. Wang, hoping to help her through the difficult time. Mrs. Wang was overjoyed and kept thanking Old Li. But Old Li's neighbor, Mr. Zhang, laughed at Li's actions and said, “What you are doing is useless. Mrs. Wang has nothing left, your things can't help her.

Usage

这个成语主要用来形容一些行动或行为对解决问题没有帮助，也无法起到任何作用。

zhè ge chéng yǔ zhǔ yào yòng lái xíng róng yī xiē xíng dòng huò xíng wéi duì jiě jué wèn tí méi yǒu bāng zhù, yě wú fǎ qǐ dào rè hé zuò yòng.

This idiom is mainly used to describe actions or behaviors that do not help to solve a problem, and also have no effect.

Examples

• 面对困难，我们不能只是一味地抱怨，这样只会无济于事。

  miàn duì kùn nan, wǒ men bù néng zhǐ shì yī wèi de bào yuàn, zhè yàng zhǐ huì wú jì yú shì

  In the face of difficulty, we cannot simply complain, that would be useless.

• 这个计划存在着很多问题，现在进行调整已经无济于事。

  zhè ge jì huà cún zài zhe hěn duō wèn tí, xiàn zài jìn xíng tiáo zhěng yǐ jīng wú jì yú shì.

  This plan has a lot of problems, it's too late to adjust it now.

• 他努力了，但最终还是无济于事。

  tā nǔ lì le, dàn zuì zhōng hái shì wú jì yú shì.

  He tried, but it was ultimately in vain.

Related Idioms

• 杯水车薪

• 于事无补

Opposite Idioms

• 行之有效

• 立竿见影