"碌碌無為" meaning in Chinese

See 碌碌無為 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lʊk̚⁵ lʊk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/, /lʊk̚⁵ lʊk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lùlùwúwéi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], luk¹ luk¹ mou⁴ wai⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lùlùwúwéi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lùlùwúwéi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lu⁴-lu⁴-wu²-wei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lù-lù-wú-wéi [Mandarin, Yale], luhluhwuwei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лулуувэй [Mandarin, Palladius], luluuvɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], lūk lūk mòuh wàih [Cantonese, Yale], luk⁷ luk⁷ mou⁴ wai⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lug¹ lug¹ mou⁴ wei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 碌碌无为
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 碌碌無為
  1. seemingly always on the run, but actually achieving nothing; to lead a busy, but vain and humdrum life; plodding hard but accomplishing little of significance Tags: idiomatic
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    {
      "form": "碌碌无为",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "碌碌無為",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seemingly always on the run, but actually achieving nothing; to lead a busy, but vain and humdrum life; plodding hard but accomplishing little of significance"
      ],
      "id": "en-碌碌無為-zh-phrase-pLmrDhf5",
      "links": [
        [
          "seemingly",
          "seemingly"
        ],
        [
          "always",
          "always"
        ],
        [
          "on the run",
          "on the run"
        ],
        [
          "actually",
          "actually"
        ],
        [
          "achieving",
          "achieving"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "busy",
          "busy"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "humdrum",
          "humdrum"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "plodding",
          "plodding"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishing",
          "accomplishing"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "significance",
          "significance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lùlùwúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "luk¹ luk¹ mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lùlùwúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lùlùwúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lu⁴-lu⁴-wu²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lù-lù-wú-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "luhluhwuwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лулуувэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "luluuvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lūk lūk mòuh wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "luk⁷ luk⁷ mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lug¹ lug¹ mou⁴ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lʊk̚⁵ lʊk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lʊk̚⁵ lʊk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "碌碌無為"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "碌碌无为",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "碌碌無為",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 為",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 碌",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seemingly always on the run, but actually achieving nothing; to lead a busy, but vain and humdrum life; plodding hard but accomplishing little of significance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seemingly",
          "seemingly"
        ],
        [
          "always",
          "always"
        ],
        [
          "on the run",
          "on the run"
        ],
        [
          "actually",
          "actually"
        ],
        [
          "achieving",
          "achieving"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "busy",
          "busy"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "humdrum",
          "humdrum"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "plodding",
          "plodding"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "accomplishing",
          "accomplishing"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "significance",
          "significance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lùlùwúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "luk¹ luk¹ mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lùlùwúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lùlùwúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lu⁴-lu⁴-wu²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lù-lù-wú-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "luhluhwuwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лулуувэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "luluuvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lūk lūk mòuh wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "luk⁷ luk⁷ mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lug¹ lug¹ mou⁴ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lʊk̚⁵ lʊk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lʊk̚⁵ lʊk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "碌碌無為"
}

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