冤狱 (yuān yù) — miscarriage of justice; wrongful conviction

Definition

A formal, written term for a wrongful criminal case in which an innocent person is convicted and punished. More literary and legal-sounding than everyday phrasings like 冤枉的案子.

noun
miscarriage of justicewrongful conviction

Beispiele

  • 冤狱
    Zhè qǐ yuān yù zuì zhōng dé dào le píng fǎn.
    This miscarriage of justice was eventually overturned.
  • 冤狱
    Lì shǐ shàng yǒu hěn duō zhù míng de yuān yù.
    There are many famous wrongful convictions in history.
  • 冤狱
    Tā yīn wèi yuān yù zuò le shí nián láo.
    He spent ten years in prison because of a miscarriage of justice.

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