Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 枉
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枉 |
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Meaning |
twisted, crooked, in the wrong, in vain |
Pronunciation |
wǎng |
Explanation |
Left: tree 木, right: king/jade 王 (jade itself is also: 玉) |
Mnemonic
| If the whole tree is fully (hung) of jade, it becomes (due to the weight) twisted and crooked. |
Radicals
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Vocabulary
| 冤枉 |
yuān wang |
hatred; injustice; bad luck; unjust treatment; wronged; not worthwhile | | 贪赃枉法 |
tān zāng wǎng fǎ |
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law | | 矫枉过直 |
jiǎo wǎng guò zhí |
to over-correct a defect (idiom); to over-compensate; to push sth too far the other way; fig. inverse discrimination |
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