JMdict: 2111120
百害あって一利なし 【ひゃくがいあっていちりなし】
- [exp] all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain
Kanji in this word:
| Kanji | Meanings | On Readings | Kun Readings | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 百 | Hundred | ヒャク, ビャク | もも | 1 |
| 害 | Harm, Injury | ガイ | 4 | |
| 一 | One, One Radical (no.1) | イチ, イツ | ひと-, ひと.つ | 1 |
| 利 | Profit, Advantage, Benefit | リ | き.く | 4 |