无辜 (wú gū) — innocent; not guilty; (noun) innocence
Definition
无辜 (wú gū) means 'innocent / not guilty' — typically about someone wrongly accused or harmed (a legal or factual sense). 天真 describes a pure, naive nature (especially a child), not guilt or innocence in a legal sense.
adjective
innocentnot guilty
noun
innocence
Examples
- 无辜。Fǎ lǜ huì bǎo hù wú gū de rén.The law protects innocent people.
- 无辜。Tā jiān chí zì jǐ shì wú gū de.He insists that he is innocent.
- 无辜。Zhàn zhēng shāng hài le xǔ duō wú gū.War harmed many innocent people.
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