"To be useless, no profit." means "삽질" in Korean.

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삽질
 
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Pronunciation sap-tchil
meaning To be useless, no profit.
When the direct translation, is combined in the 삽 (shovels) + 질 (action), is meant to dig the ground with a shovel.
It is believed that the word that has resulted from the action of the people who are digging without knowing what they will get from it.
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Korean(Pronunciation) Meaning
삽질하다, 無駄なことをする she did it for herself.
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