冤 yuān grievance
grievance; injustice; wrong
怎么记住“冤”: 冖 cover + 兔 rabbit = grievance. Mum puts a cover over the rabbit's cage for the chewed cable, though the dog did it, and the kids protest the grievance.
部件结构
冤 = 冖 cover + 兔 rabbit
- 冖 cover
- 兔 rabbit
Mum puts a cover over the rabbit's cage for the chewed cable, though the dog did it, and the kids protest the grievance.
用法
- A wrong/injustice you suffer undeservedly - 冤枉 (yuānwang) to wrong someone falsely, 冤案 (yuān'àn) a miscarriage of justice, 喊冤 (hǎnyuān) to cry injustice.
- 冤枉 also colloquially means 'not worth it / for nothing' - 花冤枉钱 (huā yuānwang qián) to waste money on the wrong thing.
- Also grudge/foe - 冤家 (yuānjia), an 'enemy' who is often really a loved one you bicker with.