| 枉 | 116C50 10B.11-3 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄨㄤˇ [wang3] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To bend, cause to deviate from straight line, right path or justice: 枉屈 [wang3qU1]1↓; 枉法 [wang3fa3]↓; 枉尺直尋 (AC) bend in small places (尺 foot) and straight in total (尋 ten feet). | |||||
| Adj. | Bent, crooked: 矯枉過正 overdo in rectifying behavior－hence 矯枉 be hypocritical; 枉己正人 rectify others and forget oneself. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) (Court.) condescend to: 枉顧，枉駕 [wang3gu4], [wang3jia4]↓. (2) Vainly: 枉費，枉然 [wang3fei4], [wang3ran2]↓. (3) Unjustly: 枉死 [wang3si3]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 枉屈 [wang3qU1]1, v.t., to wrong (person), be unjust to. 2. 枉曲 [wang3qU1]2, adj., bent, crooked, warped. 3. 枉道 [wang3dao4], phr., 枉道而事人 (AC) to please a superior by immoral ways. 4. 枉斷 [wang3duan4], v.i., to decide unfairly. 5. 枉法 [wang2fa3], phr., to circumvent the law. 6. 枉費 [wang3fei4], v.t., esp. in 枉費心機 to wreck one's brains without results. 7. 枉顧 [wang3gu4], v.t., (court.) condescend to visit (my shop). 8. 枉駕 [wang3jia4], v.t., (court.) condescend to come to my place. 9. 枉結 [wang3jie2], v.t., (AC) condescend to befriend. 10. 枉橈 [wang3nao2], v.i., (AC) fail to carry out justice. 11. 枉然 [wang3ran2], adv., (struggle, die) in vain. 12. 枉死 [wang2si3], v.i., (condemned to) die unjustly. | |||||