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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。
你会在"冤枉"和"枉费"这样的词里看到它。
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。
冤枉yuānwang
to wrongly accuse; to treat unjustly
这件事不是我做的，你冤枉我了。
枉wǎng
crooked; not straight (literary)
做人要正直，不能枉。
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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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