怨 yuàn

1. yuàn verb to blame; to complain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 怨 means 抱怨, 责怪, or 埋怨 (Kroll 2015 '怨' 1a; NCCED '怨' 2; Ci Yuan '怨' 1; GHC '怨' 1)
2. yuàn verb to hate; to resent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 怨 means 恨 (Kroll 2015 '怨' 2; NCCED '怨' 1; Ci Yuan '怨' 2; GHC '怨' 2).
3. yùn verb to save; to accumulate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 怨 means 积蓄 or 蕴 (Ci Yuan '怨' 3; GHC '怨' 8).
4. yuàn verb to be sad; to be sorrowful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 怨 means 悲伤 or 哀怨 (GHC '怨' 3).
5. yuàn verb to mock
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 怨 means 讥讽 (GHC '怨' 4).
6. yuàn noun an enemy; a grudge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 怨 means 仇人 (enemy) or 怨仇 (grudge) (GHC '怨' 5).
7. yuàn verb to violate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 怨 means 违背 (GHC '怨' 6 )
8. yuàn verb to treat unjustly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 怨 means 怨枉 or 冤枉 (GHC '怨' 6)

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• 以德报怨(以德報怨) to return good for evil ; to requite evil with good
• 杯酒解怨 a wine cup dissolves complaints; a few drinks can ease social interaction
• 怨憎 to hold a grudge
• 怨毒 bitter resentment; rancor
• 报怨(報怨) to complain; to get revenge; to requite
• 嫁怨 to harbor a grievance
• 嫌怨 grievance; hatred
• 恩怨暗箭 secretly injure while nursing a grievance
• 怨耦 an unhappy couple
• 怨气(怨氣) grievance; resentment; complaint
• 私怨 personal revenge
• 宿怨 an old grudge; old scores to settle
• 恩怨 gratitude and grudges
• 怨言 complaint
• 怨偶 an unhappy couple
• 旧怨(舊怨) old grievance; former complaint
• 落埋怨 to get blamed
• 怨仇 to hold a grudge and treat someone as an enemy
• 怨贼(怨賊) someone that is hated as an evil doer
• 嗔怨 to complain; to reproach
• 怨女 senior palace maiden; unmarried woman
• 抱怨 to be dissatisfied ; to complain; to grumble
• 挟怨(挾怨) to hold a grudge
• 任劳任怨(任勞任怨) to undertake a task despite criticism; to bear the burden of office willingly
• 以直报怨，以德报德(以直報怨，以德報德) to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
• 民怨 popular grievance; complaints of the people
• 怨望忿怒之患 misfortune due to anger or grudges
• 招怨 to arouse animosity ; to arouse animosity
• 怨愤(怨憤) resentment and indignation
• 解怨 to resolve a dispute
• 自怨自艾 to be full of remorse; to repent and redress one's errors
• 怨尤 resentment
• 埋天怨地 to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; to rave and rant
• 怨天载道(怨天載道) cries of complaint fill the roads; complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced
• 怨恨 hate; a grudge
• 怨不得 cannot blame; no wonder
• 满腔怨气(滿腔怨氣) filled with resentment
• 含怨 to hold a grudge
• 寄怨 to help someone for the sake of settling one's own grudge ; to use a official power to settle one's own grudge
• 怨枉 to treat unjustly
• 怨声载道(怨聲載道) cries of complaint fill the roads; complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced
• 仇怨 hatred and desire for revenge
• 柳啼花怨 desolate
• 积怨(積怨) to accumulate malice ; a grievance
• 怨望 to hate; to be dissatisfied
• 不怨 do not complain
• 怨命 to complain about one's fate; to bemoan one's lot
• 怨怼(怨懟) resentment; grudge
• 埋怨 to complain; to blame
• 哀怨 aggrieved; plaintive; sad; mournful

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无怨无悔

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 19
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 17
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 17
• 卷十二　齊五 Chapter 12: Qi V Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 16
• 卷三十一　燕三 Chapter 31: Yan III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 16
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 15
• 卷一百三十五 列傳第八十五: 盧杞 白志貞 裴延齡 韋渠牟 李齊運 李實 韋執誼 王叔文 程異 皇甫抃 Volume 135 Biographies 85: Lu Qi, Bai Zhizhen, Pei Yanling, Wei Qumou, Li Qiyun, Li Shi, Wei Zhiyi, Wang Shuwen, Cheng Yi, Huang Fubian Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 15
• 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 15
• 周語中 Discourses of Zhou II Guoyu 國語 — count: 13
• 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13

Collocations

• 多怨 (多怨) 多怨曠者也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧采綠 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Cai Lu — count: 8
• 小怨 (小怨) 思我小怨 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 4
• 音怨 (音怨) 亂世之音怨以怒 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 怨旷 (怨曠) 男女怨曠 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧雄雉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Xiong Zhi — count: 3
• 怨栾 (怨欒) 怨欒氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 怨讟 (怨讟) 君無怨讟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 怨平 (怨平) 故公若怨平子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 怨郤 (怨郤) 怨郤氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 小人怨 (小人怨) 小人怨汝詈汝 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — count: 2
• 役怨 (役怨) 宋以入郛之役怨公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2