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枉(wǎng) — meaning, uses and examples

1. verb to wrong (an innocent person)

   调查要仔细，别冤枉好人。

   Diàochá yào zǐxì, bié yuānwang hǎorén.

   Investigate carefully — don't wrong the innocent.

2. adverb in vain

   他没听劝告，我这些话算是枉说了。

   Tā méi tīng quàngào, wǒ zhèxiē huà suànshì wǎng shuō le.

   He ignored the advice — my words were spoken in vain.