枉费 (枉費) wǎngfèi

wǎngfèi verb to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '枉費')

Also contained in

枉费心力

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 8 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 2
  • Scroll 25 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 21 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 7 Dharmasamuccaya (Zhu Fa Ji Yao Jing) 諸法集要經 — count: 1
  • Scroll 2 Commentary on Nyāyamukha 因明入正理論疏 — count: 1
  • Scroll 7 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Chan Zong Jue Yi Ji 禪宗決疑集 — count: 1
  • Scroll 3 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 28 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 枉费时 (枉費時) 銳枉費時功 — Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 枉费工夫 (枉費工夫) 枉費工夫 — Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄, Scroll 2 — count: 2