Definition
于事无补 is a four-character set phrase (成语) meaning that an action or statement is completely useless in improving a situation — it offers no help and changes nothing. It's often used to comment on something that comes too late or misses the real problem, like 现在道歉已经于事无补 ('apologizing now is pointless'). The structure is fixed and cannot be split; it works as a predicate or comment.
f.e.
to be of no helpto make no difference to the matter
Examples
- 于事无补，。Xiànzài dàoqiàn yǐ yú shì wú bǔ, nǐ yīnggāi zǎo diǎn shuō.Apologizing now doesn't help; you should have said it earlier.
- 于事无补，。Bàoyuàn yě yú shì wú bǔ, háishì xiǎngxiǎng zěnme jiějué ba.Complaining won't help either; let's think about how to solve it.
- 于事无补。Tā shuō de nàxiē huà duì wǒmen yú shì wú bǔ.What he said was of no use to us.
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