🌟 헛수고

  Noun  

1. 실속이나 보람도 없이 애를 씀. 또는 그런 수고.

1. VAIN EFFORT; FOOL'S ERRAND: A state in which one's effort ends up in vain without any fruit or substance; or such an effort.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 헛수고를 시키다.
    Make a vain attempt.
  • 헛수고를 하다.
    Drop for nothing.
  • 헛수고로 끝나다.
    End in vain.
  • 헛수고로 돌아가다.
    Back in vain.
  • 헛수고에 불과하다.
    It's just a waste of time.
  • 헛수고에 지나지 않다.
    It's nothing more than a waste of time.
  • 인부들은 큰 바위를 치우려고 애썼으나 헛수고였다.
    The workers tried in vain to clear away the big rock.
  • 그들은 목적지를 찾으려고 했으나 한 시간째 헛수고만 했다.
    They tried to find their destination but spent an hour in vain.
  • 경찰은 범인을 잡기 위해 전국을 수색했지만 헛수고로 돌아갔다.
    Police searched the whole country for the criminal, but went to vain.
  • 교과서를 통째로 외우려니까 너무 힘드네.
    It's so hard trying to memorize the whole textbook.
    책 전체를 외우는 것은 헛수고야. 내용을 이해해야지.
    Memorizing the whole book is in vain. you have to understand the story.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 헛수고 (헏쑤고)
📚 Derivative: 헛수고하다: 아무 보람도 없이 애를 쓰다.


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