无功而返 (無功而返) wú gōng ér fǎn

wú gōng ér fǎn set phrase to return without any achievement; to go home with one's tail between one's legs
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '無功而返')

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• Chapter 4: Keeping in Step with the World - On the Field 卷四　與世界接軌 ■運動場上 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 8 - The World's Energy 《人間萬事8－人間的能源》 — count: 1
• Chapter 28: My Ways of Resolving Problems【二十八說】我解決困難的方法 Hear Me Out: Messages from a Humble Monk 《貧僧有話要說》 — count: 1
• Generosity and Greed (Giving) 布施與慳貪(布施) Buddhism Series 3 - The Buddha 《佛教叢書3－佛陀》 — count: 1