微不足道

wēibù-zúdào

idiom HSK 7-9 #10,410

Meanings

1 insignificant
2 negligible
3 not worth mentioning

Characters

sufficient; worth

to speak of; to mention

Literally 'so tiny it's not worth mentioning'.

Examples

这点困难微不足道。

Zhè diǎn kùnnán wēibùzúdào.

This little difficulty is insignificant.

和他的贡献相比，我做的微不足道。

Hé tā de gòngxiàn xiāngbǐ, wǒ zuò de wēibùzúdào.

Compared to his contributions, what I did is negligible.

Tips

usage

Often used with false modesty when downplaying one's own contribution, or genuinely to describe something trivial.

Stroke Order

微 wēi

不 bù

足 zú

道 dào