冤情 (yuān qíng) — grievance, injustice; facts of an injustice

Definition

冤情 refers specifically to the facts or circumstances of an injustice/grievance — what happened to the wronged party. Pairs with verbs like 洗清, 申诉, 澄清 rather than 抱怨 or 诉苦.

noun
grievanceinjusticefacts of an injustice

Examples

  • 冤情。
    Tā duō nián de yuān qíng zhōng yú dé dào le chéng qīng.
    The injustice he had suffered for years was finally clarified.
  • 冤情。
    Zhè ge àn zi bèi hòu yǐn cáng zhe hěn dà de yuān qíng.
    There is a major injustice hidden behind this case.
  • ，冤情。
    Tā sì chù shàng fǎng, zhī wèi le xǐ qīng fù qīn de yuān qíng.
    She went to petition authorities everywhere, just to clear her father's grievance.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

冤yuāninjustice
情qíngcircumstances

The 冤 idea narrows the 情 to an unjust one.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape of 冤 is built from two parts: 冖, a cover, and 兔, a rabbit.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

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