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无济于事

wú jì yú shì

of no use

Character by character

无wú
no
济jì
help
于yú
to
事shì
the matter

Example

现在后悔也无济于事了。
There's no use regretting it now.

Tone: neutral.

Usage and origin

Often 现在…也无济于事; 济 means 'help'.

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