没出息 [
méi chū xi]
not promising
good for nothing
- 只待在这里洞里的老鼠是没出息的。
It's a poor mouse that has only on hole. - 您经常说女孩长大肯定没出息。
You always say that girls grow up definitely unpromising. - 我帮你糟蹋那上帝造的你那个可怜没出息的兄弟呢。
I am helping you to mar that which God made, a poor unworthy brother of yours.