冤假错案

冤假錯案
yuānjiǎcuò'àn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 unjust, fabricated and erroneous cases (in a legal system)
  2. 2 miscarriages of justice

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jìnniánlái, yīxiē yuānjiǎcuò'àn lùxù dédào píngfǎn.
In recent years, a number of miscarriages of justice have been gradually overturned.
HSK 7-9
Sīfǎ gǎigé yào cóng gēnyuán shàng fángzhǐ yuānjiǎcuò'àn.
Judicial reform must prevent unjust, fabricated, and erroneous cases at their root.

Tips

usage
Set legal-policy term made of three case-types: 冤案 (wrongful - innocent person convicted), 假案 (fabricated - fake charges), 错案 (erroneous - factual mistakes). Often appears with 平反 ('overturn / rehabilitate') in news about exonerations.
register
Heavy political weight on the mainland - became a watchword during the post-Cultural-Revolution rehabilitations of the late 1970s, when millions of cases were reviewed.

Stroke Order

yuān
jiǎ
cuò
àn