百无一是 — “To have nothing right in a hundred attempts”
百无一是 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have nothing right in a hundred attempts”. To be utterly useless or wrong; to fail in everything. Literally, “A hundred attempts, not one right”.
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百无一是 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 百bǎi
- 无wú
- 一yī
- 是shì
百无一是 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 百无一是
他最近做实验总是百无一是，需要好好反思一下自己的方法。
He has been failing in all his recent experiments, he needs to seriously reflect on his methods.
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More idioms starting with 百
- bǎi百wàn万mǎi买zhái宅，，qiān千wàn万mǎi买lín邻Good neighbors are priceless
- bǎi百wàn万xióng雄bīng兵a vast and mighty army
- bǎi百wàn万xióng雄shī师a vast and mighty army
- bǎi百zhàng丈gān竿tóu头pinnacle of achievement, strive for more
- bǎi百xià下bǎi百quán全perfectly accurate and unfailingly successful
- bǎi百xià下bǎi百zháo着unfailingly successful
- bǎi百bù不yī一cún存not one in a hundred remains
- bǎi百bù不yī一shuǎng爽always accurate and reliable
- bǎi百bù不yī一dài贷make no exceptions
- bǎi百bù不yī一yù遇extremely rare
- bǎi百bù不wèi为duō多，，yī一bù不wèi为shǎo少Excellent things are always valuable
- bǎi百bù不shī失yī一unerringly accurate
Questions about 百无一是
- What does 百无一是 mean?
- 百无一是 (bǎi wú yī shì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have nothing right in a hundred attempts”.
- How do you pronounce 百无一是?
- 百无一是 is pronounced bǎi wú yī shì in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 百无一是 literally mean?
- Literally, 百无一是 means “a hundred attempts, not one right”. It is used to mean “to have nothing right in a hundred attempts”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 百无一是?
- 干一百件事，也没有做对一件。形容全都做错了，一无是处。