lose everything and gain nothing

lose everything and gain nothing

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y à uh à IW ú L à, which means there are only disadvantages but no advantages. From the romance of Fengshen.

The origin of Idioms

In the 17th chapter of the romance of the gods written by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty, "Ziya said:" it is still a matter of fate. The Lord is not good today. It is harmful but not profitable. It is bad but not good. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: it is harmful but not beneficial

Antonym: beneficial and harmless

Idiom usage

Used as predicate, attribute, object, etc

Examples

Knowing that there is harm but no profit, he dares to give it a try. The biography of Xu Guangjin