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冤枉

yuān wang

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • to accuse wrongly
  • to treat unjustly
  • injustice
  • wronged
  • not worthwhile

Definition

形容词或动词，指受到不公正的指责或处理；也指白白地花费或浪费。

wrong; unjust; to treat unjustly; to waste.

Usage

常用于表达某人被误解或受到不公平待遇；也用于表示白白浪费金钱、时间或情感。

Used to describe someone being wronged or unfairly treated; also used to express wasting money, time, or effort.

Examples

  • 1 他被人冤枉了，心里很难受。 (He was wronged and felt very sad.)
  • 2 你别冤枉好人，这件事不是他做的。 (Don't wrong the good person; he didn't do it.)
  • 3 花钱买这些没用的东西，真是冤枉。 (Spending money on these useless things is really a waste.)
  • 4 她受了不少冤枉气，但一直忍着。 (She suffered a lot of unfair treatment, but she endured it.)
  • 5 这个冤枉你可受不起，还是早点解释清楚吧。 (You can't bear this unfair blame; you'd better explain it clearly soon.)

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