yuān

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 冤

冤枉
yuān wang

to accuse wrongly

不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu

destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)

不白之冤
bù bái zhī yuān

unrighted wrong

伸冤
shēn yuān

to right wrongs

冤仇
yuān chóu

rancor

冤假错案
yuān jiǎ cuò àn

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

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)

冤大头
yuān dà tóu

spendthrift and foolish

冤孽
yuān niè

sin (in Buddhism)

冤家
yuān jia

enemy

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)

冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu

enemy (idiom); opponent

冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi

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

冤屈
yuān qū

to treat unjustly

冤情
yuān qíng

facts of an injustice

冤抑
yuān yì

to suffer injustice

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)

冤枉路
yuān wang lù

pointless trip

冤枉钱
yuān wang qián

wasted money

冤案
yuān àn

miscarriage of justice

冤业
yuān yè

sin (in Buddhism)

冤死
yuān sǐ

to suffer an unjust death

冤气
yuān qì

resentment over unfair treatment

冤狱
yuān yù

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

冤苦
yuān kǔ

to treat (sb) unjustly

冤诬
yuān wū

unjust charge

冤钱
yuān qián

money spent in vain

冤头
yuān tóu

enemy

冤魂
yuān hún

ghost of one who died unjustly

前生冤孽
qián shēng yuān niè

predestined relationship

含冤
hán yuān

wronged

喊冤
hǎn yuān

to cry out a grievance

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)

欢喜冤家
huān xǐ yuān jia

quarrelsome but loving couple

洗冤
xǐ yuān

to right a wrong; to redress an injustice

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

烦冤
fán yuān

frustrated

申冤
shēn yuān

to appeal for justice

窦娥冤
dòu é yuān

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

蒙冤
méng yuān

to be wronged

诉冤
sù yuān

to complain

鸣冤叫屈
míng yuān jiào qū

to complain bitterly

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