"Vain" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 空头 | kōng tóu | phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling) |   |
| 爱慕虚荣 | ài mù xū róng | vain | |
| 无效 | wú xiào | not valid / ineffective / in vain | |
| 白白 | bái bái | in vain / to no purpose / for nothing / white | |
| 空空 | kōng kōng | empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) | |
| 妄想 | wàng xiǎng | to attempt vainly / a vain attempt / delusion | |
| 妄图 | wàng tú | to try in vain / futile attempt | |
| 狂想 | kuáng xiǎng | fantasy / illusion / vain dream | |
| 不枉 | bù wǎng | not in vain | |
| 徒然 | tú rán | in vain | |
| 枉然 | wǎng rán | in vain / to no avail | |
| 枉费 | wǎng fèi | to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain | |
| 空 |  kōng | empty / air / sky / in vain | |
| 白 | bái | white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera | |
| 唐 | táng | to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗[tang2] | |
| 虚 | xū | emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain | |
| 枉 | wǎng | to twist / crooked / unjust / in vain | |
| 名不虚传 | míng bù xū chuán | lit. name is not in vain (idiom) / a fully justified reputation / enjoys a well-deserved reputation | |
| 不虚此行 | bù xū cǐ xíng | the trip has not been made in vain / the trip has been well worthwhile / it's been a worthwhile trip | |
| 老大徒伤悲 | lǎo dà tú shāng bēi | vain regrets of old age (idiom) | |
| 冤钱 | yuān qián | money spent in vain / wasted money | |
| 枉劳 | wǎng láo | to work in vain | |
| 白饶 | bái ráo | to give sth extra free of charge / (coll.) in vain / to no avail | |
| 干等 | gān děng | to wait in vain / to sit around waiting | |
