oan khúc
Definition
- Adjective:
- Wronged, unjustly treated: Refers to a state of being treated unfairly, suffering injustice, or being falsely accused.
- Grievance, injustice: Can denote the feeling or situation of having been wronged.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tiếng kêu oan khúc vang lên trong đêm. (A cry of grievance echoed in the night.)
- Họ phải chịu một nỗi oan khúc suốt nhiều năm. (They had to endure a wrongful injustice for many years.)
- Câu chuyện kể về một số phận oan khúc. (The story tells of a wronged fate.)
Advanced Usage
- "Oan khúc" is a literary and somewhat archaic term. In modern Vietnamese, "oan khuất" or "oan ức" are more commonly used with the same core meaning.
- Những oan khúc trong lịch sử cần được minh oan. (Historical wrongs need to be redressed.)
Variants and Related Words
- Oan khuất (adj/n): Wronged, injustice. (The modern, more common synonym).
- Oan ức (adj/n): Wronged, grievance, resentment from injustice.
- Oan trái (n): Injustice, often implying a karmic or entangled wrong.
- Minh oan (v): To exonerate, to clear someone's name.
Synonyms
- Bất công (adj/n): Unjust, injustice.
- Hàm oan (v/n): To be wrongfully accused; a wrongful accusation.
- Thiệt thòi (adj): Disadvantaged, deprived (less strong on the "false accusation" aspect).
Related Idioms
- Giải oan: To resolve a grievance, to clear up a misunderstanding or false accusation.
- Buổi lễ được tổ chức để giải oan cho người đã khuất. (The ceremony was held to exonerate the deceased.)
- Kêu oan: To cry out against an injustice, to plead one's innocence.
- Người tù kêu oan suốt nhiều năm trời. (The prisoner pleaded his innocence for many years.)
- Oan gia: Adversary, foe (often from a past wrong or conflict).
- Họ cứ gặp nhau như oan gia ngõ hẹp. (They keep running into each other like unavoidable foes.)
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