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 |
---|---|---|---|
百 | Hundred | ヒャク, ビャク | もも |
害 | Harm, Injury | ガイ | |
一 | One, One Radical (no.1) | イチ, イツ | ひと-, ひと.つ |
利 | Profit, Advantage, Benefit | リ | き.く |