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- facts of an injustice
- circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice
Trad. 冤種
- (slang) sucker; dupe; patsy (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly)
- ghost of one who died unjustly
- departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances
Trad. 冤大頭
- spendthrift and foolish
- sb with more money than sense
Trad. 竇娥冤
- The Injustice to Dou E (popular drama by 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1])
Trad. 冤假錯案
- unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
Trad. 冤家對頭
- enemy (idiom); opponent
- arch-enemy
- lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom)
- fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
Trad. 洗冤集錄
- "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" (1247) by Song Ci 宋慈[Song4 Ci2], said to be the world's first forensic science text
- Victims of Opium, novel by Peng Yangou 彭養鷗|彭养鸥[Peng2 Yang3 ou1], published in 1909
Trad. 冤冤相報何時了
- if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
Trad. 冤家宜解不宜結
- It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)
Trad. 冤有頭，債有主
- for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
- when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
Trad. 不是冤家不聚頭
- destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
- (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)