毫無效果 [ㄏㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ; hao2 wu2 xiao4 guo3] to no avail achieving nothing totally ineffective to have no effect to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored) ◄ ►