无关痛痒

無關痛癢

wúguān-tòngyǎng

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Meanings

他说了一堆无关痛痒的话，没有解决任何问题。

Tā shuō le yīduī wúguāntòngyǎng dehuà, méiyǒu jiějué rènhé wèntí.

He said a bunch of irrelevant things without solving any problems.

领导的批评只是无关痛痒，没有触及核心问题。

Lǐngdǎo de pīpíng zhǐshì wúguāntòngyǎng, méiyǒu chùjí héxīn wèntí.

The leader's criticism was inconsequential and didn't touch on the core issues.

对他来说，金钱上的损失是无关痛痒的小事。

Duì tā láishuō, jīnqián shàng de sǔnshī shì wúguāntòngyǎng de xiǎoshì.

For him, the financial loss was a trivial matter of no consequence.

memory

痛 (pain) + 痒 (itch) — something that causes neither pain nor itch. If it doesn't even make you itch, it really doesn't matter at all.

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