háo wú xiào guǒdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored)
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Original source entry:

毫無效果 毫无效果 [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)/

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