kē lì wú shōu

Traditional: 顆粒無收

颗粒无收 (kē lì wú shōu) is a Chinese word meaning “not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)”.

Meanings

  1. 1not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)

Characters in 颗粒无收

颗kē · classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc粒lì · grain; granule; pellet; particle无mó · used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]收shōu · to receive

Related words

无法unable to; incapable of无used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无not to have收到to receive收to receive无论no matter what or how颗classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc毫无not in the least收拾to put in order无聊bored无关unrelated无辜innocent

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