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枉费
wǎng​fèi

try in vain

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
枉费 (枉費) wǎng​fèi
try in vain verb
to exert effort to no avail or without achieving the desired result
waste expression
to waste resources such as time, energy, or breath needlessly

Frequency

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0.460 per million

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)