冤

yuān

old variant of 冤[yuan1]

cover (冖) + rabbit (兔) = wrongful entrapment

A rabbit trapped under a cover — pressed down, unable to escape. That sense of being wrongfully confined is exactly what 冤 means: injustice, a grievance.

冖+兔→冤
兔RabbitSemantic
冖A coveringSemantic

他觉得这个判决对他很冤。

tā jué de zhè ge pàn jué duì tā hěn yuān。

he feels that this verdict is very unjust to him.

她哭着说自己太冤了,什么都没做。

tā kū zhe shuō zì jǐ tài yuān le,shén me dōu méi zuò。

she said while crying that she was deeply wronged and had not done anything.

Words with 冤

冤魂

yuān hún

ghost of one who died unjustly

冤假错案

yuān jiǎ cuò àn

unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)

鸣冤叫屈

míng yuān jiào qū

to complain bitterly

黑籍冤魂

hēi jí yuān hún

Victims of Opium, novel by Peng Yangou 彭養鷗|彭养鸥[Peng2 Yang3 ou1], published in 1909

不是冤家不聚头

bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu

destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)

不白之冤

bù bái zhī yuān

unrighted wrong

伸冤

shēn yuān

to right wrongs

冤仇

yuān chóu

rancor

冤冤相报何时了

yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo

if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)

冤大头

yuān dà tóu

spendthrift and foolish

冤孽

yuān niè

sin (in Buddhism)

冤家

yuān jia

enemy

More characters with 冖

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