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枉费心机枉费心计；枉费心思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)
❍ 如今枉费心计，挣了一辈子的强，偏偏儿的落在人后头了！ (《红楼梦》1365) Now after a hopeless attempt and trying all my life to get ahead,I’ve ended up worse off than anyone else!/“你是枉费心思。什么也休想知道。”儿子坚决而严厉地回答敌人。(陶承《我的一家》76) “Don’t waste your efforts! You’ll get nothing from me! ”my son repudiated the enemy sternly. 枉费心机wang fei xin jihatch plots in vain 枉费心机wǎnɡ fèi xīn jī枉费：白费。形容白白地耗费心思。rack one’s brains in vain, make fruitless efforts, bark at the moon |