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枉
wǎng
Description
"枉"这个字比较正式，常用来表示做了没有用的事，或者对不起别人。
The character "枉" is quite formal and is often used to indicate doing something useless or wronging others.
你会在"冤枉"和"枉费"这样的词里看到它。
You will see it in words like "冤枉" and "枉费".
Meanings
枉费wǎngfèi
to waste in vain; to no avail
我说了这么多，全都白说，真是枉费口舌。
I've said so much, all in vain, truly a waste of words.
冤枉yuānwang
to wrongly accuse; to treat unjustly
这件事不是我做的，你冤枉我了。
I didn't do this; you're wrongly accusing me.
枉wǎng
crooked; not straight (literary)
做人要正直，不能枉。
One must be upright and not act unjustly.
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Notes
- Nuance
枉 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese; it mostly appears in compounds like 冤枉 and 枉费.
- Etymology
original meaning "crooked/bent," extended to "wrong, unjust," then "in vain, uselessly."
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