冤枉钱
yuān wang qián
Pinyin

Definition

冤枉钱
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yuān wang qián
  1. wasted money
  2. pointless expense

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冤
yuān
  1. 1 injustice
  2. 2 grievance
  3. 3 wrong
冤家
yuān jia
  1. 1 enemy
  2. 2 foe
  3. 3 (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
冤枉
yuān wang
  1. 1 to accuse wrongly
  2. 2 to treat unjustly
  3. 3 injustice
  4. 4 wronged
  5. 5 not worthwhile
不枉
bù wǎng
  1. 1 not in vain
伸冤
shēn yuān
  1. 1 to right wrongs
  2. 2 to redress an injustice
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi
  1. 1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
冤枉路
yuān wang lù
  1. 1 pointless trip
  2. 2 not worth the trip
冤案
yuān àn
  1. 1 miscarriage of justice
枉法
wǎng fǎ
  1. 1 to circumvent the law
枉然
wǎng rán
  1. 1 in vain
  2. 2 to no avail
枉费
wǎng fèi
  1. 1 to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc)
  2. 2 to try in vain
洗冤
xǐ yuān
  1. 1 lit. to wash out a grievance
  2. 2 fig. to right a wrong
  3. 3 to redress an injustice
冤仇
yuān chóu
  1. 1 rancor
  2. 2 enmity
  3. 3 hatred resulting from grievances
冤假错案
yuān jiǎ cuò àn
  1. 1 unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
冤大头
yuān dà tóu
  1. 1 spendthrift and foolish
  2. 2 sb with more money than sense
冤孽
yuān niè
  1. 1 sin (in Buddhism)
  2. 2 enmity leading to sin
冤屈
yuān qū
  1. 1 to receive unjust treatment
  2. 2 injustice
冤情
yuān qíng
  1. 1 facts of an injustice
  2. 2 circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice
冤枉钱
yuān wang qián
  1. 1 wasted money
  2. 2 pointless expense
冤死
yuān sǐ
  1. 1 to die of persecution

Idioms (8)

不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu
  1. 1 enemy (idiom); opponent
  2. 2 arch-enemy
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi
  1. 1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
冤有头，债有主
yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
  2. 2 when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
徇私枉法
xùn sī wǎng fǎ
  1. 1 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén
  1. 1 one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
矫枉过正
jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng
  1. 1 to overcorrect (idiom)
  2. 2 to overcompensate
贪赃枉法
tān zāng wǎng fǎ
  1. 1 corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law

Sample Sentences

我才不去花那个冤枉钱呢！
wǒ cái bu qù huā nàge yuānwang qián ne ！
I, for one, will not waste money on a such a thing!
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