枉 wǎng
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wǎng
adjective
useless; in vain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 白費 (Guoyu '枉' adv; Unihan '枉') -
wǎng
adjective
bent; crooked
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 弯曲 (Guoyu '枉' adj 1; Unihan '枉') -
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) -
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) -
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) -
wǎng
verb
to neglect; to mistreat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 枉顾 (Guoyu '枉' v 3) -
wǎng
noun
a sinister person or thing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '枉' n 1) -
wǎng
noun
injustice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: in the sense of 冤屈 (Guoyu '枉' n 2) -
wǎng
verb
to mock; vipralabh
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vipralabh, Japanese: ou (BCSD '枉', p. 647; MW 'vipralabh'; Unihan '枉')
Contained in
- 偏枉 bias
Also contained in
怨枉 、 冤枉钱 、 徇私枉法 、 枉攘 、 枉法 、 枉顾 、 不枉 、 贪赃枉法 、 枉劳 、 举直错诸枉 、 枉驾 、 有仇不报非君子,有冤不伸枉为人 、 枉用心机 、 枉然 、 矫枉过正 、 枉径 、 勿枉勿纵 、 冤枉 、 枉费心力 、 枉费 、 冤枉路 、 枉屈 、 枉死
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 67 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 14
- Scroll 70 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 14
- Scroll 3 Ming Bao Ji 冥報記 — count: 6 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Fazhi Yi Bian Guan Xin Er Bai Wen 法智遺編觀心二百問 — count: 6
- Scroll 9 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayakṣudrakavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Za Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶雜事 — count: 5
- Scroll 1 Chan Master Huangbo Shanduan Transmission of the Dharma Mind 黃檗山斷際禪師傳心法要 — count: 5 , has English translation
- Scroll 45 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 5
- Scroll 17 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 5 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 5
- Scroll 16 Chu Yao Jing (Dharmapada) 出曜經 — count: 5
Collocations
- 枉杀 (枉殺) 此人枉殺王家無過之人 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 15
- 枉横 (枉橫) 勿行枉橫 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 48 — count: 12
- 侵枉 (侵枉) 水火災變所侵枉乎 — Xumoti Nu Jing (Sumāgadhāvadānasūtra) 須摩提女經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
- 枉害 (枉害) 所見枉害 — Pusa Shan Zi Jing (Śyāmakajātakasūtra) 菩薩睒子經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 夭枉 (夭枉) 折傷夭枉皆所遠離 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 120 — count: 7
- 诬枉 (誣枉) 常被誣枉 — Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經, Scroll 6 — count: 7
- 酷枉 (酷枉) 怨酷枉殺 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 5
- 械枉 (械枉) 高桁大械枉壓良善 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 6 — count: 4
- 枉滥 (枉濫) 枉濫無辜 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 无有枉 (無有枉) 無有枉理 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 49 — count: 3