冤屈

yuānqū

noun #30,446

Meanings

1 injustice
2 wrong; grievance
3 to wrong (somebody)

Characters

injustice; wrong

Examples

HSK 2

请别冤屈了好人。

Qǐng bié yuānqū le hǎorén.

Please don't wrong an innocent person.

HSK 6

他终于洗清了多年的冤屈。

Tā zhōngyú xǐqīng le duōnián de yuānqū.

He finally cleared the injustice he'd suffered for years.

Tips

usage

Both noun and verb. As a noun: an undeserved wrong, often after being falsely accused. As a verb: to wrongly accuse. Related: 冤枉 is more colloquial; 冤屈 is slightly more literary.

Stroke Order

冤 yuān

屈 qū