冤 (yuān) — (noun) injustice; grievance; (adjective) wronged; unjust
Definition
冤 (yuān) names the injustice itself — a wrong done or a grievance suffered. It is more formal and literary than 冤枉 ('wronged' / 'to wrong sb'), and sharper than the personal feeling 委屈 ('feeling aggrieved').
noun
injusticegrievance
adjective
wrongedunjust
Examples
- ，。Tā shòu le hěn dà de yuān qū, què wú fǎ shēn sù.He suffered a great injustice but couldn't appeal.
- ，。Zhè jiàn shì zhēn shì yuān wang, tā gēn běn méi zuò cuò shén me.This matter is really unjust; he didn't do anything wrong at all.
- ，。Bié hǎn yuān, zhèng jù jiù zài zhè lǐ.Don't cry injustice; the evidence is right here.
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