oan khiên
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Definition
- Noun:
- Being a victim of a gross injustice: Refers to the state or condition of suffering a severe, profound, and often tragic wrong or injustice. It carries a connotation of deep, undeserved suffering.
- A grievance or wrong: Can denote the specific unjust act or the resulting burden of resentment and suffering borne by the victim.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Người dân thấp cổ bé họng thường phải chịu nhiều oan khiên. (The lowly and powerless often have to endure many gross injustices.)
- Câu chuyện kể về những oan khiên mà bà phải gánh chịu suốt đời. (The story tells of the grievous wrongs she had to bear throughout her life.)
- Hồn ma ấy hiện về vì còn vương nặng oan khiên chưa được giải. (That ghost appears because it is still burdened by an unredressed injustice.)
Advanced Usage
- "mang oan khiên" / "gánh oan khiên": to bear/carry the burden of an injustice.
- Ông ấy mang oan khiên nhiều năm trước khi được minh oan. (He bore the burden of injustice for many years before being exonerated.)
- "giải oan khiên": to redress/resolve a grievous wrong.
- Phiên tòa lịch sử nhằm giải oan khiên cho các nạn nhân. (The historic trial aimed to redress the grievous wrongs suffered by the victims.)
Variants and Related Words
- Oan (noun/adjective): Injustice; wrong; unjustly accused. A more common and broader term.
- bị oan (to be wronged/accused unjustly)
- Oan ức (noun): A feeling of deep resentment and grievance due to injustice. Emphasizes the pent-up bitterness.
- chứa chất oan ức (to harbor pent-up grievances)
- Oan trái (noun): Often implies a karmic injustice or a wrong from a past life causing present suffering.
- mối oan trái tiền kiếp (a karmic injustice from a past life)
Synonyms
- Bất công (noun): Injustice. A general, modern term without the deep, tragic nuance of .
- Hàm oan (verb/noun): To be wrongfully accused; a wrongful accusation. Focuses more on the false accusation itself.
- Nỗi oan (noun): The sorrow/plight of being wronged.
Notes on Usage
- Register: is a literary and somewhat archaic term. It is used in formal writing, literature, historical contexts, or for dramatic emphasis. In everyday modern speech, or are more common.
- Connotation: The word evokes a sense of profound, tragic, and often longstanding suffering due to an unfair fate or powerful oppressors. It implies a weight or burden ( can suggest a shield or burden) carried by the victim.
- Cultural Context: Frequently appears in classical Vietnamese literature, folk tales, and stories about ghosts or spirits seeking justice, reflecting traditional beliefs about cosmic balance and the need to resolve injustices.
- (cũ)Being victim of a gross injustice