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wongˊ²
Pinyin
wang3
Translations
noun
distort; twist; pervert
noun
in vain; to no avail; fruitless
noun
unjust; wrong; aggrieved
noun
crooked; bent
janˎ₄mouˎ₄sangˉ¹wutˍ₆gai3,wongˊ²sikˍ₆janˎ₄gaanˉ¹maiˏ₅
(人无生活计,枉食人间米)
Pinyin
ren2 wu2 sheng1 huo2 ji4, wang3 shi2 ren2 jian1 mi3
Translations
noun
if one doesn't have a plan or goal in one will just waste his life away for nothing
jyunˉ¹wongˊ²
Pinyin
yuan1 wang5
Translations
noun
suffering loss; coming to a grief; not worthwhile
noun
treat unjustly; wrongfully accuse; do sb injustice | [粵]: 冤戾
jyunˉ¹wongˊ²laiˎ₄wanˉ¹jikˍ₆heoi˗₃
Pinyin
yuan1 wang3 li2 wen1 yi4 qu4
Translations
noun
money made easy or unlawfully just comes and goes
wongˊ²fai˗₃
(枉费)
Pinyin
wang3 fei4
Translations
noun
try in vain; waste
wongˊ²naauˎ₄
(枉桡)
Pinyin
wang3 nao2
Translations
noun
miscarriage of justice
noun
crooked, bent
jyunˉ¹wongˊ²louˍ₆
Pinyin
yuan2 wang5 lu4
Translations
noun
a roundabout way; unnecessarily long way; vain trip