烂泥扶不上墙 in English lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2 Meaning

Meanings

  • useless (idiomatic expression)
  • worthless
  • inept

Simplified Characters

烂 泥 扶 不 上 墙

Traditional Characters

爛 泥 扶 不 上 牆

Pinyin

lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

烂lan4soft 泥ni2mud 扶fu2to support with the hand 不bu4(negative prefix) 上shang4see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] 墙qiang2variant of 牆|墙[qiang2], wall