| 釋義 |
枉費心機枉費心計；枉費心思wǎng fèi xīn jīmake a hopeless attempt; be an ass for one’s pains;beat the air (/wind); go on a wild goose chase;hatch plots in vain;make futile (/fruitless/vain/hopeless) efforts (/attempts); one’s schemes come to nought; rack one’s brains for nothing (/in vain/without results); scheme without avail (/to no avail); waste one’s efforts (/contrivances)
? 如今枉費心計，掙了一輩子的強，偏偏兒的落在人后頭了！ (《紅樓夢》1365) Now after a hopeless attempt and trying all my life to get ahead,I’ve ended up worse off than anyone else!/“你是枉費心思。什么也休想知道。”兒子堅決而嚴厲地回答敵人。(陶承《我的一家》76) “Don’t waste your efforts! You’ll get nothing from me! ”my son repudiated the enemy sternly. 枉費心機wang fei xin jihatch plots in vain 枉費心機wǎnɡ fèi xīn jī枉費：白費。形容白白地耗費心思。rack one’s brains in vain, make fruitless efforts, bark at the moon |