冤 (jyun1 | yuan1) : accuse falsely; grievance

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冤

jyun1

yuan1

[1] accuse falsely; treat unjustly; to wrong
[2] grievance; injustice; a wrong
[3] feeling of bitterness; hatred; enmity
[4] worthless; waste of money
[5] [v] cheat; kid; fool; pull sb's legs

[variant] 寃

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 冖 (#14)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

冤

This word has been viewed 7141 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Dec 2012 05:36

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冤枉 jyun1 wong2 yuan1 wang5 = to treat unjustly

冤獄 jyun1 juk6 yuan1 yu4 = a miscarriage of justice; an unjust charge

鬥氣冤家 dau3 hei3 jyun1 gaa1 dou4 qi4 yuan1 jia5 = sparring partner

不白之冤 bat1 baak6 zi1 jyun1 bu4 bai2 zhi1 yuan1 = unrighted wrong; unredressed injustice 國

含冤 ham4 jyun1 han2 yuan1 = to suffer an injustice

含冤受屈 ham4 jyun1 sau6 wat1 han2 yuan1 shou4 qu1 = to suffer an injustice

含冤莫白 ham4 jyun1 mok6 baak6 han2 yuan1 mo4 bai2 = to suffer an injustice

呼冤 fu1 jyun1 hu1 yuan1 = speaking out against injustice

仇冤 sau4 jyun1 chou2 yuan1 = hatred

冤戾 jyun1 lai2 = to be treated unfairly; to frame 粵

冤氣 jyun1 hei3 yuan1 qi4 = to hold a grudge

冤𡅏 jyun1 lai2 = to frame sb; see 冤戾

冤枉路 jyun1 wong2 lou6 yuan2 wang5 lu4 = a roundabout way

眼冤 ngaan5 jyun1 yan3 yuan1 = be offending to the eye 粵

十冤九仇 sap6 jyun1 gau2 sau4 shi2 yuan1 jiu3 chou2 = deep-rooted hatred 粵

啞仔申冤，無話可說 aa2 zai2 san1 jyun1, mou4 waa6 ho2 syut3 ya3 zai3 shen1 yuan1, wu2 hua4 ke3 shuo1 = when a mute seeks to redress an injustice, he is but speechless; to be lost for words when one seeks to defend himself 粵

冤住 jyun1 zyu6 yuan1 zhu4 = cling to; stick to; not leave alone [粵]黐住；[國]纏著；黏著粵

冤屈 jyun1 wat1 yuan1 qu1 = injustice

冤家 jyun1 gaa1 yuan1 jia5 = enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love

申冤 san1 jyun1 shen1 yuan1 = to appeal for justice

伸冤 san1 jyun1 shen1 yuan1 = to right wrongs

冤枉嚟，瘟疫去 jyun1 wong2 lai4 wan1 jik6 heoi3 yuan1 wang3 li2 wen1 yi4 qu4 = money made easy or unlawfully just comes and goes 粵

冤豬頭都有盟鼻菩薩 jyun1 zyu1 tau4 dou1 jau5 mang4 bei6 pou4 saat3 yuan1 zhu1 tou2 dou1 you3 meng2 bi4 pu2 sa4 = love is blind 粵

冤案 jyun1 on3 yuan1 an4 = unjust case

冤崩爛臭 jyun1 bang1 laan6 cau3 = variant of 葾崩爛臭粵

冤家宜解不宜結 jyun1 gaa1 ji4 gaai2 bat1 ji4 git3 yuan1 jia1 yi2 jie3 bu4 yi2 jie2 = better friends than enemies

Showing 1 example containing 冤

佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。粵
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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