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HSK
wasted money / pointless expense
to accuse wrongly / to treat unjustly / injustice / wronged / not worthwhile
HSK 7-9
not in vain
to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
to neglect / to misuse / to mistreat / to abuse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枉* | 枉* | *枉
to twist / crooked / unjust / in vain
tumultuous / disorderly
in vain / to no avail
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
to work in vain
to overcorrect (idiom) / to overcompensate
pointless trip / not worth the trip
to die in tragic circumstances
to circumvent the law
winding lane
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain


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