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to accuse wrongly / to treat unjustly / injustice / wronged / not worthwhile
HSK 7-9
to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
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to twist / crooked / unjust / in vain
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain
to die in tragic circumstances
to circumvent the law
in vain / to no avail
to overcorrect (idiom) / to overcompensate
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
to neglect / to misuse / to mistreat / to abuse
not in vain
winding lane
tumultuous / disorderly
to work in vain
pointless trip / not worth the trip
wasted money / pointless expense
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)


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