冤 yuān

1. yuān noun grievance; injustice; a wrong
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '冤'; Guoyu '冤' n 2; Kroll 2015 '冤' 1, p. 575; Unihan '冤'; XHZD '冤' 1, p. 924)
2. yuān adjective not worthwhile
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '冤' 4, p. 924)
3. yuān noun resentment; hatred
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '冤' n 1; Kroll 2015 '冤' 2, p. 575; XHZD '冤' 2, p. 924)
4. yuān verb to fool
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '冤' adj 3; XHZD '冤' 3, p. 924)
5. yuān noun a bend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '冤' 3, p. 525)

Contained in

• 冤枉 to treat unjustly ; not worthwhile ; unjust
• 含冤 wronged; to suffer false accusations
• 冤家 an enemy; a foe ; a sweetheart; a destined love
• 冤案 miscarriage of justice
• 冤抑 to suffer injustice
• 不是冤家不聚头(不是冤家不聚頭) destiny will make enemies meet; (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
• 冤情 facts of an injustice; circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice
• 沈冤 a grave injustice
• 冤大头(冤大頭) an person who is cheated and squanders wealth
• 冤屈 to receive unjust treatment; injustice
• 诉冤(訴冤) to complain; to vent one's grievances
• 击鼓骂冤(擊鼓罵冤) to strike a drum at an official's door
• 击鼓申冤(擊鼓申冤) to strike a drum at an official's door
• 冤假错案(冤假錯案) unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
• 冤家宜解不宜结(冤家宜解不宜結) It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive
• 沉冤 a deep grievance
• 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人(有仇不報非君子，有冤不伸枉為人) one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man
• 欢喜冤家(歡喜冤家) quarrelsome but loving couple
• 冤业(冤業) sin
• 鸣冤叫屈(鳴冤叫屈) to complain bitterly
• 伸冤 to right wrongs; to redress an injustice
• 冤冤相报何时了(冤冤相報何時了) if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
• 冤诬(冤誣) unjust charge; frame-up
• 喊冤 to cry out for a grievance
• 冤枉路 pointless trip; not worth the trip
• 冤死 to die of persecution
• 冤家对头(冤家對頭) enemy; opponent; arch-enemy
• 冤有头，债有主(冤有頭，債有主) for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor
• 冤枉钱(冤枉錢) pointless expense; not worth the money spent
• 冤钱(冤錢) pointless expense; not worth the money spent
• 洗冤 to right a wrong; to redress an injustice
• 冤头(冤頭) enemy; foe
• 冤家路窄 enemies on a narrow road; an inevitable clash between opposing factions
• 冤狱(冤獄) unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
• 冤苦 suffering from injustice
• 烦冤(煩冤) frustrated; agitated; distressed
• 冤仇 rancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances
• 不白之冤 unrighted wrong; unredressed injustice
• 冤魂 ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances
• 申冤 to appeal for justice; to demand redress for a grievance
• 前生冤孽 predestined relationship
• 冤气(冤氣) seeking revenge for unfair treatment
• 蒙冤 to be wronged; to be subjected to an injustice

Also contained in

冤孽 、 洗冤集录 、 黑籍冤魂 、 窦娥冤

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Truncated for common words

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Collocations

• 冤结 (冤結) 冤結紆軫兮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《屈原賈生列傳》 Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia — count: 14
• 称冤 (稱冤) 吏民稱冤 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十七 楊胡朱梅云傳 Volume 67: Yang, Hu, Zhu, Mei and Yun — count: 12
• 冤句 (冤句) 冤句 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十八上 地理志 Volume 28a: Treatise on Geography 1 — count: 10
• 多冤 (多冤) 民多冤結 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十一 雋疏于薛平彭傳 Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng — count: 7
• 冤滥 (冤濫) 掠考冤濫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十八 楊李翟應霍爰徐列傳 Volume 48: Biographies of Yang, Li, Di, Ying, Huo, Yuan, Xu — count: 7
• 冤痛 (冤痛) 众冤痛之 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十三 魏書二十三 和常楊杜趙裴傳 Volume 23: Book of Wei 23 - Biographies of He, Chang, Yang, Du, Zhao, and Pei — count: 7
• 理冤 (理冤) 以理冤結 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 6
• 陈冤 (陳冤) 並家上書陳冤 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十九 馮奉世傳 Volume 79: Feng Fengshi — count: 6
• 侵冤 (侵冤) 多自以侵冤 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十三 景十三王傳 Volume 53: The thirteen sons of Emperor Jing — count: 5
• 冤失职 (冤失職) 有冤失職 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六 武帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 5