帮倒忙 (幫倒忙)
bāng dào máng
Pinyin
Definition
帮倒忙 (幫倒忙)
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- to be more of a hindrance than a help
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to fall
- 2 to collapse
- 3 to lie horizontally
- 4 to overthrow
- 5 to fail
- 6 to go bankrupt
- 7 to change (trains or buses)
- 8 to move around
- 9 to resell at a profit
- 1 to help
- 2 to lend a hand
- 3 to do a favor
- 4 to do a good turn
- 1 busy
- 2 hurriedly
- 3 to hurry
- 4 to rush
- 1 busy
- 2 bustling
- 1 to collapse
- 2 to topple over
Idioms (20)
不慌不忙
- 1 calm and unhurried (idiom); composed
- 2 to take matters calmly
倒悬之危
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
- 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒打一耙
- 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
- 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
Sample Sentences
可是,我笨口笨舌,恐怕会帮倒忙。
But, I'm not very good at talking to people, I might muck things up for you rather than helping.