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return without accomplishing anything; wild goose chase

wú gōng ér fǎn

无 功 而 返

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slreturn without accomplishing anything; wild goose chase
- wǒ men xīn kǔ de gēn zōng tā què wú gōng ér fǎn
  我们辛苦地跟踪他，却无功而返。
  Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing.
- lìng ōu zhōu rén wú gōng ér fǎn
  令欧洲人无功而返
  leave the Europeans empty-handed
synonym
bái pǎo yī tàng白跑一趟
antonym
mǎn zài ér guī满载而归

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