Word Meaning 百害あって一利なし

ひゃくがいあっていちりなし hyakugaiatteichirinashi

百害あって一利なし is read as ひゃくがいあっていちりなし (hyakugaiatteichirinashi) and means all pain, no gain.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ひゃくがいあっていちりなし

Romaji

hyakugaiatteichirinashi

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Proverb ✓ Rank 65486 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

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一利一害

いちりいちがい

advantages and disadvantages

百人一首

ひゃくにんいっしゅ

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

百害

ひゃくがい

great damage

百人一首かるた

ひゃくにんいっしゅかるた

Hyakunin Isshu karuta

百慮一得

ひゃくりょいっとく

even a fool may sometimes give good counsel

百一物

ひゃくいちもつ

monk's allowed daily necessities (clothes, food, etc.)

百聞は一見にしかず

ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

seeing is believing

百日の説法屁一つ

ひゃくにちのせっぽうへひとつ

single mistake which ruins all one's hard work

百姓一揆

ひゃくしょういっき

peasant uprising (Edo period)

利害

りがい

advantages and disadvantages

利害関係

りがいかんけい

interests

一利

いちり

one advantage