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Korean idiom have all one’s efforts come to nothing

도로 아미타불 (이라) The part “이라” may be omitted.

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 도로 아미타불(이라)
  • 도로 아미타불이라
  • 도로 아미타불

English rendering have all one’s efforts come to nothing Literal translation: “back to Amitabha [it is]”

Meaning 1

중이 평생을 두고 아미타불을 외우지만 아무 효과도 없다는 뜻으로, 고생만 하고 아무 소득이 없게 됨을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

A figurative expression for suffering without gaining anything, likening it to a monk chanting Amitabha all his life without effect.

Dictionary example 1

몇 달 동안 고생한 것이 하루아침에 도로 아미타불이 되었다.

Months of hard work came to nothing overnight.

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“도로 아미타불이라” — have all one’s efforts come to nothing: A figurative expression for suffering without gaining anything, likening it to a monk chanting Amitabha all his life without effect.
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