冤案
yuān àn
Pinyin

Definition

冤案
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yuān àn
  1. miscarriage of justice

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

图案
tú àn
  1. 1 design
  2. 2 pattern
方案
fāng àn
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 program (for action etc)
  3. 3 proposal
  4. 4 proposed bill
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
  6. 6 classifier: 套 tào
案
àn
  1. 1 (legal) case
  2. 2 incident
  3. 3 record
  4. 4 file
  5. 5 table
档案
dàng àn
  1. 1 file
  2. 2 record
  3. 3 archive
答案
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (12)

不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu
  1. 1 enemy (idiom); opponent
  2. 2 arch-enemy
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi
  1. 1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
冤有头，债有主
yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
  2. 2 when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work

Sample Sentences

话也不能这么说。我看过好多研究统计，都说死刑与犯罪的升降并不具有必然的关系。好多人犯罪是迫不得已，再说碰到冤案怎么办？白白死一个无辜的人？
huà yě bùnéng zhème shuō 。wǒ kàn guo hǎo duō yánjiū tǒngjì ，dōu shuō sǐxíng yǔ fànzuì de shēngjiàng bìngbù jùyǒu bìrán de guānxi 。hǎo duō rén fànzuì shì pòbùdéyǐ ，zàishuō pèngdào yuān'àn zěnme bàn ？báibái sǐ yī ge wúgū de rén ？
You can't say that. I've seen a lot of research statistics, and they all say that the death penalty isn't necessarily related to the crime rate. A lot of people commit crimes because they are compelled to. Furthermore, what about when you run into a mistaken conviction? Kill an innocent person for nothing?
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