It seems worthless.
一文不值
worthless (idiom)
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Meaning and common use
worthless (idiom)
no use whatsoever
How 一文不值 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 一文不值 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
His ideas never earned him a single penny.
Words that keep company with 一文不值.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 一文不值.
Directly before
- 真是一文不值1
- 看似一文不值1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 一文不值
What does 一文不值 mean in Chinese?
一文不值 (yīwénbùzhí) means worthless (idiom).
How do you pronounce 一文不值?
一文不值 is pronounced yīwénbùzhí.
Is 一文不值 an HSK word?
一文不值 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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