近些年,随着胡适作品的广泛刊行,带有胡适重要思想观念的语词文句也渐受知识界推崇。“功不唐捐”即是一例。然而,一般辞书比如商务印书馆版的《新华词典》(1989年第2版)和上海辞书出版社版的《精编成语词典》(1995年第1版)均未将其收录;而商务印书馆出版的《现代汉语词典》自1978年第1版到2012年第6版的各版虽在“唐”字的释义中一直将它作为词例并予以解释,如:“空,徒然:功 In recent years, with the widespread publication of Hu Shih’s works, words and sentences with important ideas of Hu Shih are gaining prominence among the intellectuals. ”Don ’t donate “ is an example. However, most dictionaries such as the Commercial Press’s Xinhua Dictionary (2nd edition, 1989) and the Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House Edition (1995, 1st edition) did not include it; while Commercial Printing The editions of Modern Chinese Dictionary published in the library from the first edition in 1978 to the sixth edition in 2012 have always been used as examples in the definition of ”Tang“, such as ”empty, Vain: work