无济于事

• ピンイン: wú jì yú shì
• 漢字の分解: 无 = negation; 济 = 氵+ 齐 (water levelling off — to assist, to cross over); 于 = preposition (to/for); 事 = 一 + 口 + 亅 (a matter/affair requiring attention)

意味

無駄で役に立たない／効果がない

Emphasises that an action, though perhaps well-intentioned, is wholly ineffective in the face of the actual problem. Used to dismiss half-measures, superficial fixes, or belated responses. Commonly paired with contrasting solutions: 这样做无济于事，真正有效的办法是… (Doing this is futile; the truly effective approach is…). A formal, somewhat literary expression.

例文

1. 事已至此，后悔是无济于事的，当务之急是尽快找到切实可行的解决方案。
2. 仅靠增加人手而不改善工作流程，对提高生产效率是无济于事的。
3. 在这场结构性危机面前，零散的补救措施根本无济于事，必须从根本上推进系统性改革。

使い方ガイド

場面: policy, business, public health, analysis

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 专家指出，在病毒已大规模传播的阶段，仅针对有症状者进行隔离而不采取更广泛的公共卫生措施，对遏制疫情蔓延将无济于事。(Experts pointed out that at a stage where the virus had already spread widely, isolating only symptomatic individuals without implementing broader public health measures would be of no avail in containing the epidemic's spread.)
• 他明白，在决策已经做出、合同已经签署之后，一味抱怨领导层的失误是无济于事的，当下最有意义的事是集中精力将损失降到最低。(He understood that after the decision had been made and the contract signed, endlessly complaining about the leadership's mistakes was futile — the most meaningful thing now was to focus on minimising the losses.)

避ける言い方

• 无济于事 to describe something simply not working well enough — it means completely ineffective, not merely insufficient; for partial effectiveness use 收效甚微 (achieved very little effect)

起源と歴史

无 (without) + 济 (to help/benefit) + 于 (to/for) + 事 (the matter) — providing no benefit to the matter at hand

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal