"spin your wheels" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 原地打轉
• 徒勞無功

Definition

表示付出很多努力卻沒有真正進展或成果。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

口語用語，常形容努力白費、沒有進展的情況。常見於工作、學習等情境。與「原地打轉」相似。

Examples

I studied all night, but I was just spinning my wheels.

我整晚都在讀書，其實只是**原地打轉**。

If you keep doing the same thing, you'll just spin your wheels.

如果你一直做同樣的事情，你只會**徒勞無功**。

They tried to fix the machine, but they were spinning their wheels.

他們想修理機器，但只是**原地打轉**。

It feels like we're just spinning our wheels with this project.

我覺得我們在這個專案上只是**原地打轉**。

You’ve been spinning your wheels on that report for hours. Need some help?

你已經在那份報告上**徒勞無功**好幾個小時了。需要幫忙嗎？

Sometimes it’s better to step back than to spin your wheels.

有時候退一步比繼續**原地打轉**更好。