别无他用

別無他用

biéwútāyòng

idiom

Meanings

1 to have no other use
2 good for nothing else

Characters

Examples

这把旧钥匙除了开这扇门别无他用。

Zhè bǎ jiù yàoshi chúle kāi zhè shàn mén biéwútāyòng.

This old key has no use other than opening this door.

这些数据除了存档别无他用。

Zhèxiē shùjù chúle cúndàng biéwútāyòng.

Aside from archiving, this data has no other use.

Tips

grammar

Often paired with 除了…(之外) (chúle…zhīwài, ‘apart from…’) at the start of the clause: ‘除了 X 别无他用’ = ‘has no use except X’.

Stroke Order

别 bié

无 wú

他 tā

用 yòng