Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Useless, of no use; serving no purpose: Describes something that has no practical value or effectiveness, or is pointless.
   • Superfluous, redundant: Describes something that is unnecessary because it is more than what is needed or because it duplicates something else.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nói với cậu ấy cũng bằng thừa. (It's no use talking to him. / Talking to him is useless.)
  • Tư tưởng không lành mạnh thì tài năng cũng bằng thừa. (If one's thinking is unhealthy, then talent is also useless.)
  • Những lời giải thích đó hoàn toàn bằng thừa. (Those explanations are completely superfluous.)

Advanced Usage

• "cũng bằng thừa": A common phrase meaning "it's also useless/it's no use anyway". It emphasizes the futility of an action or the uselessness of an object in a given context.
  • Anh lo lắng cũng bằng thừa, mọi việc đã an bài rồi. (Your worrying is useless anyway; everything has been settled.)
• Used to express that an effort is wasted because the desired outcome is impossible or the situation is unchangeable.

Variants and Related Words

• Vô ích (adj): Useless, futile. (A direct synonym, often interchangeable with in many contexts.)
• Thừa (adj): Excess, surplus, extra. (The core meaning of "excess" is contained within .)
• Vô dụng (adj): Useless, good-for-nothing. (Can be stronger and more direct than .)

Synonyms

• Vô ích: Useless, futile.
• Vô tác dụng: Ineffective, having no effect.
• Thừa thãi: Superfluous, excessive.

Related Phrases

• Công cốc: In vain, for nothing. (Often used for efforts that yield no result, similar to but focusing on the fruitlessness of the action itself.)
• Như không: As if nothing, to no avail. (Highlights that something had no impact or effect.)

Related Idioms

• Nước đổ đầu vịt: Like water off a duck's back. (Used to describe advice or criticism that has no effect on someone, closely related to the concept of uselessness in .)
  • Khuyên nó mãi mà chẳng nghe, đúng là nước đổ đầu vịt, bằng thừa. (I've advised him forever but he doesn't listen; it's like water off a duck's back, completely useless.)

1. Useless, of no use; superfluous
   • Nói với cậu ấy cũng bằng thừa
     It's no use talking to him