attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any init
无 · 4 strokes
Pictograph of a person dancing, with ox tails or bird feathers hanging from his arms, to pray for rain. Original form of 舞 (dance). The current form is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 无 was…
所 · 8 strokes
Origin unclear. 戶 represents the sound.
作 · 7 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.
为 · 4 strokes
Simplified form of 為. Pictograph of a hand (又) guiding an elephant (象) to do work (in ancient China elephants were tamed to do work). Based on the meaning "to work; to do".
他入职三年了还是无所作为，领导对他很失望。
He's been at the company for three years and still hasn't accomplished anything — his boss is very disappointed.