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花冤枉钱

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Collocation

1
白白花了冤枉钱
2
花了不少冤枉钱
3
不能花冤枉钱
4
不想花冤枉钱
5
真是花冤枉钱
6
没有花冤枉钱
7
少不了花冤枉钱
8
少花冤枉钱

Definition

花冤枉钱

Literally means:

throw money away

Actually means:

spend money on what is not worthwhile

It means spending some money that should not have been spent. It connotes complaints of the speaker.

指花了认为不应该花的钱。多用来表示说话人的抱怨。

Example

Used as predicate and it can have other words inr between (作谓语,中间可以插入别的词)
1
Hěnduō
很多
lǎorén
老人
rènwéi
认为
  
,
fǎnzhèng
反正
méiyǒu
没有
bìng
  
,
fànbuzháo
犯不着
huā
yuānwangqián
冤枉钱
zuò
shēn
身体
jiǎnchá
检查
  

Many old people think that, anyway, there is no disease, do not spend money to do physical examination.

2
huā
le
shǎo
不少
yuānwangqián
冤枉钱
érzi
儿子
zhuāngxiū
装修
fángzi
房子
  
,
shì
可是
érfu
儿媳妇
hái
xián
gòu
不够
pài
气派
  

He spent a lot of money to decorate his son's house, but his daughter-in-law was not good enough.

3
Èr  shǒu
二手车
chēqiān
千万
wàn
不要
yào
  
,
mǎi  
不然
rán
huìbái
白白花
bái
huā
diào
yuān
冤枉钱
wang
  

Don't buy a second-hand car, or you'll spend a lot of money in vain.