无攸利

wú yōu lì

No advantage to be had; nothing is beneficial.

Meaning

A categorical negation asserting that no path, method, or direction available in the current state will yield a positive result. It denotes a total absence of any avenue for advantage.

Grammar and usage

The phrase consists of the negative 无 (wú), the functional particle 攸 (yōu) acting as a relativizer or object-marker (similar to 所), and 利 (lì), meaning benefit or advantage. The inclusion of 攸 expands the scope of negation from a specific instance to all possible variables.

Translator notes

Depending on context, this may be rendered as a general condition ("Nothing is beneficial"), a warning against action ("No course of action brings benefit"), or a spatial judgment ("There is no place where profit may be found"). Avoid rendering 攸 as "distant" or "far," as it functions grammatically here rather than as an adjective.

Decontextualized translator aid. This page describes plausible lexical range; it does not choose what the term means in a particular passage.