枉 wǎng

1. wǎng adjective useless; in vain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 白費 (Guoyu '枉' adv; Unihan '枉')
2. wǎng adjective bent; crooked
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 弯曲 (Guoyu '枉' adj 1; Unihan '枉')
3. wǎng adjective not straight spoken; not honest; sinister
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不正直的 (Guoyu '枉' adj 2)
4. wǎng verb to twist; to distort
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 扭曲; for example, the idiom 贪赃枉法 (Guoyu '枉' v 1)
5. wǎng verb to treat unjustly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 冤陷; for example, the idiom 勿枉勿纵 'to not treat [the innocent] unjustly and not let [the guilty] off lightly' (Guoyu '枉' v 2)
6. wǎng verb to neglect; to mistreat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 枉顾 (Guoyu '枉' v 3)
7. wǎng noun a sinister person or thing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '枉' n 1)
8. wǎng noun injustice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: in the sense of 冤屈 (Guoyu '枉' n 2)

Contained in

• 举直错诸枉(舉直錯諸枉) advance the upright and set aside the crooked
• 枉死 to die in tragic circumstances
• 矫枉过正(矯枉過正) to overcorrect; to overcompensate
• 贪赃枉法(貪贓枉法) to take bribes and bend the law
• 冤枉钱(冤枉錢) pointless expense; not worth the money spent
• 冤枉 to treat unjustly ; not worthwhile ; unjust
• 枉顾(枉顧) to mistreat; to neglect
• 枉然 in vain; to no avail
• 枉费(枉費) to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain
• 冤枉路 pointless trip; not worth the trip
• 枉劳(枉勞) to work in vain
• 枉屈 to twist; to go counter to ; to treat unjustly to
• 怨枉 to treat unjustly
• 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人(有仇不報非君子，有冤不伸枉為人) one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man
• 枉法 to pervert the law
• 勿枉勿纵(勿枉勿縱) to not treat [the innocent] unjustly and not let [the guilty] off lightly
• 枉费心力(枉費心力) a vain intention
• 枉径(枉徑) winding lane
• 枉攘 tumultuous; disorderly
• 枉驾(枉駕) to condescend
• 徇私枉法 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates
• 不枉 not in vain
• 枉用心机(枉用心機) a vain intention

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Truncated for common words

• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 11
• 《滕文公章句下》 Commentary on Teng Wen Gong II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 11
• 卷一百〇三　志第五十一:　刑法二 Volume 103 Treatises 56: Punishment and Law 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 9
• 卷七十九 列傳第三十九 文五王 Volume 79 Biographies 39: Wen Wuwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 8
• 卷一百四十七 志9: 刑法志 Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 8
• 卷四十九 王充王符仲長統列傳 Volume 49: Biographies of Wang Chong, Wang Fu, Zhongchang Tong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 8
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 7
• 卷三十二　　　　志第二十二　　天文二 Volume 32 Treatises 26: Astronomy 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 7
• 卷五十 志第三十: 刑法 Volume 50 Treatises 30: Punishment and Law Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 7
• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7

Collocations

• 枉矢 (枉矢) 某有枉矢哨壺 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《投壺》 The Game of Pitch-Pot — count: 16
• 邪枉 (邪枉) 詭隨邪枉 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 12
• 矫枉 (矯枉) 矯枉以為直 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八　本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 7
• 枉桡 (枉橈) 毋或枉橈 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
• 枉木 (枉木) 故繩直而枉木斲 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 有度第六 Chapter 6: Having Standards — count: 5
• 众枉 (眾枉) 故處眾枉之中 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四　詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 3
• 枉道 (枉道) 枉道而事人 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 18. 《微子》 Wei Zi — count: 3
• 枉曲 (枉曲) 雖枉曲不直 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 3
• 枉车骑 (枉車騎) 願枉車騎過之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魏公子列傳》 Biographiy of the prince of Wei — count: 3
• 群枉 (群枉) 開群枉之門 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十六 楚元王傳 Volume 36: Prince Yuan of Chu --- Liu Xiang and Liu Xin — count: 3