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冤枉路

jyun1 wong2 lou6

yuan2 wang5 lu4

a roundabout way; unnecessarily long way; vain trip

Level: 3

冤枉路

冤 jyun1 yuan1 - [1] oppression; injustice; [n] grievance
枉 wong2 kuang2 wang3 - to waste; to useless; in vain; bent; crooked
路 lou6 lu4 - road

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佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。粵 edit
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.

This word was added by C Chiu on 27th Aug 2007

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