Definitions
(noun)
injustice; grievance; wrong
Etymology
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The character 冤 is structurally composed of the radical 冖, indicating a cover, and the component 兔, meaning rabbit, forming a pictographic idea of a rabbit ensnared under a cover to convey a sense of confinement and wrongness. Etymologically, this construction reflects an original concept of being wronged or oppressed. Its meaning shifted from a literal implication of entrapment to abstract notions of injustice, grievance, and false accusation, becoming established in legal and moral contexts to denote wrongful treatment.
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你别冤枉我。
他感到非常冤屈。
这是一个冤案。
他被冤枉偷了钱。
这个判决有点冤。
她为自己申冤。
历史上有许多冤死的人。
即使证据不足，他也不想冤屈任何人。