oan ức
- Adjective:
- Wronged, unjustly accused, suffering a grave injustice: Describes the state of being a victim of a blatant and severe injustice, often involving false accusations or unfair treatment that causes deep suffering.
- Feeling a profound sense of injustice: Conveys a strong emotional state of grievance and resentment due to being treated unfairly.
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy chết trong oan ức. (He died wronged/with a grave injustice unredressed.)
- Tôi cảm thấy vô cùng oan ức vì bị đổ lỗi cho việc mình không làm. (I feel deeply wronged for being blamed for something I didn't do.)
- Tiếng kêu oan ức của người dân vang lên khắp nơi. (The cries of injustice from the people resounded everywhere.)
"mang tiếng oan ức": to bear the stigma of a wrongful accusation; to be unjustly defamed.
- Ông ấy đã mang tiếng oan ức suốt mười năm trời. (He bore the stigma of a wrongful accusation for ten long years.)
"chết oan ức" / "chết trong oan ức": to die wronged; to die without the injustice against one being rectified.
- Nhân vật chính trong vở kịch đã chết một cái chết oan ức. (The main character in the play died a wrongful death.)
Oan (adj/n): Wrongful, unjust; a wrongful case or accusation. (A more general term for injustice, often used in compounds).
- vụ án oan (a miscarriage of justice / a wrongful conviction)
Uất ức (adj): Resentful, indignant, pent-up (from unfair treatment). Often used alongside oan ức to emphasize the emotional burden.
- Lòng đầy uất ức (A heart full of resentment)
- Bất công (adj/n): Unfair, unjust; injustice. (Focuses more on the abstract quality of unfairness rather than the personal experience of being its victim).
- Hàm oan (v): To be falsely accused; to be wronged. (A verbal form describing the action of being wronged).
Oan ức như Thị Kính: As wronged as Thị Kính. (A Vietnamese idiom referring to a proverbial character from folk tales who suffered extreme and tragic injustice).
- Số phận của cô ấy oan ức như Thị Kính. (Her fate was as tragic and unjust as Thị Kính's.)
Giải oan: To clear someone's name; to redress a wrong.
- Họ đã nỗ lực để giải oan cho người bị kết án sai. (They made efforts to clear the name of the wrongly convicted person.)
Kêu oan: To cry out against an injustice; to appeal for justice.
- Người dân kêu oan trước tòa thị chính. (The people appealed for justice in front of the town hall.)
- Being victim of a glaring injustice