created reference approved 枉费心计/枉費心計 → 徒劳无功/徒勞無功 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
枉费心计 / 枉費心計 wǎngfèixīnjì
徒劳无功 / 徒勞無功 túláowúgōng
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 枉费心计/枉費心計 → 白费心思/白費心思 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
枉费心计 / 枉費心計 wǎngfèixīnjì
白费心思 / 白費心思 báifèixīnsi
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 枉费心计/枉費心計 · wǎngfèixīnjì · to scheme in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
枉费心计 / 枉費心計
wǎngfèixīnjì
to scheme in vain
to waste one's time and effort on calculations or schemes to no avail; to rack one's brains only to end up with nothing
枉费 (literal) → 枉费/枉費 · wǎngfèi · to waste 心计 (literal) → 心计/心計 · xīnjì · scheming
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