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

• 偏枉 bias

Also contained in

冤枉钱 、 枉攘 、 枉死 、 徇私枉法 、 勿枉勿纵 、 枉屈 、 举直错诸枉 、 枉劳 、 矫枉过正 、 怨枉 、 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人 、 枉径 、 枉顾 、 枉驾 、 枉然 、 枉用心机 、 枉法 、 冤枉路 、 冤枉 、 枉费心力 、 枉费 、 贪赃枉法

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• Songs 3 歌 ■之三 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 3
• Songs 2 歌 ■之二 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 3
• Scroll 3: The Four Aspects of the Dharma are Everywhere - The Four Necessities of Leadership 卷四 處眾四法 領導者四事 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 6 - Four Principles for Acting with Integrity 《星雲法語6－做人四原則》 — count: 3
• 1 The Circumstances of My Awakening - Canonical Text and Notes 第一　行由品 經文．註釋 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 2
• Volume 12: A Selection of Buddhist Works - Class 7: Yongjia's Song for the Path to Enlightenment by Yongjia Xuanjue of the Tang 第十二冊　佛教作品選錄 第七課　永嘉證道歌 唐‧永嘉玄覺 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 2
• Songs 1 歌 ■之一 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 2
• Text - Text on Making a Vow by Chan Master Yi Shanran 文 ■怡山然禪師發願文 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 2
• Scroll 1: The Most Important Four Aspects of the Dharma - The Benefits of Four Ideas 卷一 四法最上 四思之益 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 6 - Four Principles for Acting with Integrity 《星雲法語6－做人四原則》 — count: 2
• Text - General Advice for Monastics and Lay People to Initiate the Bodhi Mind 文 ■普勸僧俗發菩提心文 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 2
• A Buddhist View of Life - Part 1: The Intersection of Pleasure and Pain 佛教的人生觀 第一篇　苦樂交集 Buddhism Series 1 - Doctrine 《佛教叢書1－教理》 — count: 2

Collocations

• 枉受 (枉受) 枉受飄零之苦痛 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The ultimate tranquility beyond laksana - Part 14 [Lecture] 四相寂滅起大乘行分第十四 【講話】 — count: 12
• 枉滥 (枉濫) 無有枉濫 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Humble Opinions on the Stages in Development of Chinese Buddhism 中國佛教階段性的發展芻議 — count: 7
• 毋枉 (毋枉) 毋枉毋濫 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 6 - Four Principles for Acting with Integrity 《星雲法語6－做人四原則》, Scroll 3: The Four Aspects of the Dharma are Everywhere - The Four Necessities of Leadership 卷四 處眾四法 領導者四事 — count: 6
• 无有枉 (無有枉) 無有枉濫 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Humble Opinions on the Stages in Development of Chinese Buddhism 中國佛教階段性的發展芻議 — count: 6
• 枉误 (枉誤) 枉誤應思正法 — Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》, Volume 3: A Guide to Development of Moral Character Diligence in Management of Finance and Personal property 第三冊 進德修業的指南 — count: 5
• 枉毋 (枉毋) 毋枉毋濫 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 6 - Four Principles for Acting with Integrity 《星雲法語6－做人四原則》, Scroll 3: The Four Aspects of the Dharma are Everywhere - The Four Necessities of Leadership 卷四 處眾四法 領導者四事 — count: 5
• 枉作风 (枉作風) 枉作風塵劍客 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Nothing is ended and nothing is extinguished - Part 27 [Lecture] 斷滅知見造生死業分第二十七 【講話】 — count: 3
• 枉过 (枉過) 才不枉過此生 — Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》, Volume 4: Writing on the Interaction of Many Egos 第四冊 群我相處篇 — count: 3
• 枉在 (枉在) 也枉在人間走一遭了 — Selected Humanistic Buddhism Prefaces 《人間佛教序文選》, “Records and Anecdotes of Legends in Putuoshan in the South China Sea” Preface 《南海普陀山傳奇異聞錄》序 — count: 3
• 枉驰 (枉馳) 多少枉馳求 — Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》, Volume 12: A Selection of Buddhist Works - Class 12: Seven Hooks by Zhu Hong of the Ming 第十二冊　佛教作品選錄 第十二課　七筆勾 明‧袾宏 — count: 2