have nothing to gain

have nothing to gain

In Chinese, Pinyin is y ǒ us ǔ NW ú y ì, which means only to reduce, not to increase; it also means only to damage, not to benefit. It comes from Ganzi, a chronicle of the Arabian Nights.

Notes on Idioms

Loss: decrease, loss; gain: increase, benefit.

The origin of Idioms

The master of Ji garden in Qing Dynasty, Ganzi, said, "two bottles today and three bottles tomorrow are good for you. If you pay more for injuries and drink more, it will do harm but not good. "

Idiom usage

It's not good for me. In the biography of Zhang Tingyao in the new book of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "the north and the south are different, and diseases will occur at the most, which is harmful but not beneficial." In the Song Dynasty, Sima Guang's "relief for refugees Zhazi" said: "Yangzi told us that it was difficult to live in Beijing, so we should hurry to fengshu State Army. If you want to treat it like this in the name of being compassionate and covering people's eyes and ears, it may be harmful but not beneficial. " Chapter 34 of Shi Naian's outlaws of the Marsh: if you stay with me, it will do you no good. Song Jiang won't marry a good one in the future. Zhang Ying's Cong Xun Zhai Yu in the Qing Dynasty: there are no guests in the family. It's about that the guests running under the family are not good but bad. Lu Xun's collection of letters to Zheng Zhenduo: one or two years together with this generation, it's not beneficial to survive.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: harmful but not beneficial antonym: beneficial and harmless