Thursday, September 28, 2023

What is the Chinese for "worthless"?

ANSWER: 不値一文 (불치일문), which can translate as "not (不) worth (値) one (一) red cent (文)."

The character 文 (문) is an old counter for coins, so 一文 (일문) would be similar to the Korean 한 푼. By the way, you can switch the order of the characters and say 一文不値 (일문불치) without changing the meaning.

The Korean translation of the expression would be as follows: 한 푼의 값어치도 못됨
   

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