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枉
枉
wǎng
char. in vain, to no avail; unjust, wrong; distort, twist
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
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SIMILAR CHARACTERS
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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枉法
枉法
wáng fǎ
v. pervert the law, strain the law, stretch the law
贪赃枉法
貪贓枉法
tān zāng wáng fǎ
phr. pervert justice for a bribe
枉费心机
枉費心機
wǎng fèi xīn jī
phr. rack one's brain in vain
冤枉
冤枉
yuān wang
adj./v. unjust, unfair; not worthwhile; to treat unjustly, to do sb injustice, to wrongly accuse sb
矫枉过正
矯枉過正
jiáo wǎng guò zhèng
idiom. exceed the proper limits in correcting the wrong, overcorrect