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We searched until we knew it would be pointless to continue.
His father smiled weakly in a forlorn attempt to reassure him that everything was all right.

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Open the tool →枉然 (wǎng rán) means “in vain; futile”.
枉然 is pronounced wǎng rán in Mandarin Chinese.
“in vain; futile” is 枉然 (wǎng rán) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 枉然, each with pinyin and an English translation.