无关痛痒

無關痛癢

wúguān-tòngyǎng

idiom #25,496

Meanings

HSK 5

他说了一堆无关痛痒的话，没有解决任何问题。

Tā shuō le yī duī wúguān-tòngyǎng de huà, méiyǒu jiějué rènhé wèntí.

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

HSK 6

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 wúguān-tòngyǎng de xiǎoshì.

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

HSK 7-9

领导的批评只是无关痛痒，没有触及核心问题。

Lǐngdǎo de pīpíng zhǐshì wúguān-tòngyǎng, méiyǒu chùjí héxīn wèntí.

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

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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