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yuān
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. injustice
  2. 2. grievance
  3. 3. wrong

Words Containing 冤

冤抑
yuān yì

to suffer injustice

窦娥冤
dòu é yuān

The Injustice to Dou E (popular drama by 關漢卿|关汉卿[guān hàn qīng])

冤枉钱
yuān wang qián

wasted money

含冤
hán yuān

wronged

冤家
yuān jia

enemy

冤假错案
yuān jiǎ cuò àn

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

冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi

lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom)

冤头
yuān tóu

enemy

洗冤集录
xǐ yuān jí lù

\Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified\ (1247) by Song Ci 宋慈[sòng cí], said to be the world's first forensic science text

冤情
yuān qíng

facts of an injustice

前生冤孽
qián shēng yuān niè

predestined relationship

冤有头,债有主
yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ

for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)

伸冤
shēn yuān

to right wrongs

喊冤
hǎn yuān

to cry out a grievance

蒙冤
méng yuān

to be wronged

不白之冤
bù bái zhī yuān

unrighted wrong

有仇不报非君子,有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén

one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)

冤枉
yuān wang

to accuse wrongly

冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu

enemy (idiom); opponent

冤冤相报何时了
yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo

if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)

冤仇
yuān chóu

rancor

冤苦
yuān kǔ

to treat (sb) unjustly

冤屈
yuān qū

to treat unjustly

冤气
yuān qì

resentment over unfair treatment

冤孽
yuān niè

sin (in Buddhism)

冤钱
yuān qián

money spent in vain

冤魂
yuān hún

ghost of one who died unjustly

冤大头
yuān dà tóu

spendthrift and foolish

冤案
yuān àn

miscarriage of justice

欢喜冤家
huān xǐ yuān jia

quarrelsome but loving couple

冤死
yuān sǐ

to suffer an unjust death

鸣冤叫屈
míng yuān jiào qū

to complain bitterly

申冤
shēn yuān

to appeal for justice

冤业
yuān yè

sin (in Buddhism)

洗冤
xǐ yuān

to right a wrong; to redress an injustice

冤诬
yuān wū

unjust charge

诉冤
sù yuān

to complain

烦冤
fán yuān

frustrated

冤枉路
yuān wang lù

pointless trip

冤家宜解不宜结
yuān jiā yí jiě bù yí jié

It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)

黑籍冤魂
hēi jí yuān hún

Black Register of Lost Souls, long novel by Peng Yangou 彭養鷗|彭养鸥 about the destructive influence of opium, published in 1897 and 1909

冤狱
yuān yù

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

不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu

destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)