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Meaning of 冤

Pinyin yuān

Radical

冖

Strokes

Definition

injustice / to wrong

Usage

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冤 (yuān) 1. Injustice or wrongful treatment; to be wronged or unfairly accused: 受到冤屈 (to suffer injustice); 冤案 (wrongful case); 冤狱 (wrongful imprisonment); 冤愤 (resentment from being wronged); 伸冤 (to appeal for justice); 鸣冤叫屈 (to cry out for justice). 2. Hatred or enmity: 冤头 (source of grudge); 冤家 (enemy); 冤孽 (sibling rivalry). 3. Deception or trickery: 不许冤人 (do not deceive others). 4. Suffering a loss or being taken advantage of: 冤大头 (to be easily fooled); 花冤钱 (to waste money on unnecessary expenses). The character "冤" originally implies bending or being compressed, indicating a lack of freedom. 1. Same as the original meaning (bend). 2. To be taken in; not a good deal. 3. Dialect: to cheat. 1. Injustice; wrongful treatment. 2. Same as 恨 (yuàn) indicating enmity or hostility. 1. A line from "Chuci": "Sorrow for the injustice faced by the desolate willows." 2. In "Dou E's Injustice" by Guan Hanqing: "Today I bear the injustice and sorrow, appealing to heaven." Examples: 冤苦钱 (bribes given by prisoners to jailers); 冤业 (the soul burdened with injustice). 2. Synonymous with 恨 (yuàn), meaning enemy or grudge. 1. From "Salt and Iron": "Unjust grievances abound." 2. From "Later Han History": "Unjust accusations are rampant." 3. From Han Yu's "Thanking Nature": "A lonely soul holds deep grievances." Examples: 冤衍 (grudge or resentment); 冤业之症 (diseases resulting from past grievances); 冤冤相报 (a cycle of vendettas between enemies).

冤假错案 yuān jiǎ cuò àn

unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)

冤家 yuān jia

enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love

冤屈 yuān qū

to receive unjust treatment / injustice

冤孽 yuān niè

sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin

冤案 yuān àn

miscarriage of justice

含冤 hán yuān

wronged / to suffer false accusations

冤魂 yuān hún

ghost of one who died unjustly / departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances

冤大头 yuān dà tóu

spendthrift and foolish / sb with more money than sense

冤狱 yuān yù

unjust charge or verdict / miscarriage of justice / frame-up

蒙冤 méng yuān

to be wronged / to be subjected to an injustice

冤死 yuān sǐ

to die of persecution

不白之冤 bù bái zhī yuān

unrighted wrong / unredressed injustice

喊冤 hǎn yuān

to cry out a grievance

奇冤 qí yuān

Strange injustice

冤情 yuān qíng

facts of an injustice / circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice

冤枉钱 yuān wang qián

pointless expense / not worth the money spent

冤枉路 yuān wang lù

pointless trip / not worth the trip

伸冤 shēn yuān

to right wrongs / to redress an injustice

冤枉 yuān wang

to accuse wrongly / to treat unjustly / injustice / wronged / not worthwhile

申冤 shēn yuān

to appeal for justice / to demand redress for a grievance

冤仇 yuān chóu

rancor / enmity / hatred resulting from grievances

无冤无仇 wú yuān wú chóu

without any ill feeling / on good terms

冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi

lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions

衔冤 xián yuān

nurse a bitter sense of wrong / have a simmering sense of injustice