waste one's breath

waste one's breath

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is w ǎ NGF è ICH ú NSH é, which means it's useless. It comes from the biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It's useless for you to say so.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: waste your breath

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 26 of Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines in Qing Dynasty: "my sister is in front of my sister, and I can't say I can't go in. I don't have to waste my breath to beg my sister, grind my sister, and beg her to give it to me."

Idiom explanation

It's a waste of words, it doesn't work.