yuān wang

HSK 7–9

冤枉 (yuān wang) is a Chinese word meaning “to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice”.

Meanings

  1. 1to accuse wrongly
  2. 2to treat unjustly
  3. 3injustice
  4. 4wronged
  5. 5not worthwhile
Part of speech
verb, adjective

Characters in 冤枉

冤yuān · injustice枉wǎng · to twist

Related words

冤injustice冤old variant of 冤[yuan1]冤家enemy枉to twist冤案miscarriage of justice冤魂ghost of one who died unjustly冤大头spendthrift and foolish冤屈to treat unjustly含冤wronged冤家对头enemy (idiom); opponent不白之冤unrighted wrong矫枉过正to overcorrect (idiom)

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