Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wronged / Unjustly treated: Describes a state of suffering an injustice, harm, or disadvantage for which one is not at fault. It conveys a sense of undeserved grievance and unfairness.
   • A miscarriage of justice: Used to describe a situation, verdict, or outcome that is profoundly unjust.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Người tù cảm thấy mình thật oan uổng. (The prisoner felt deeply wronged.)
  • Cái chết của anh ấy thật oan uổng. (His death was a terrible injustice.)
  • Nó bị đuổi việc một cách oan uổng. (He was fired unjustly.)

Advanced Usage

• The feeling of "oan uổng" often implies a lingering, painful sense of injustice that may not be publicly acknowledged or rectified.
• It can be used to express sympathy for someone else's unfair plight: (Hearing her story, I thought it was so unjust.)

Variants and Related Words

• Oan (adj/n): Often used similarly to mean "wronged" or "injustice," sometimes in a more compact form. means "to bear an injustice."
• Oan trái (n): Often refers to a karmic injustice or a bitter, unresolved grievance from the past.
• Uổng (adj): Can mean "wasted" or "in vain," contributing to the sense of pointless loss in "oan uổng."

Synonyms

• Wronged: Treated unfairly.
• Unjust: Characterized by injustice.
• An injustice: A situation that is not fair.

Related Idioms

• Oan uổng như oan Thị Kính: (As wronged as Thị Kính) Refers to a classic Vietnamese folk tale about a profoundly wronged woman. This idiom is used to describe an extreme and tragic case of injustice.
  • Số phận của cô ấy oan uổng như oan Thị Kính. (Her fate was as tragic and unjust as that of Thị Kính.)

adj

1. injustice