窦娥冤 (竇娥冤)
Dòu É yuān
Pinyin
Definition
窦娥冤 (竇娥冤)
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- The Injustice to Dou E (popular drama by 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guān Hàn qīng])
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 enemy
- 2 foe
- 3 (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
- 1 to accuse wrongly
- 2 to treat unjustly
- 3 injustice
- 4 wronged
- 5 not worthwhile
- 1 to right wrongs
- 2 to redress an injustice
- 1 injustice
- 2 grievance
- 3 wrong
- 1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
Idioms (5)
不是冤家不聚头
- 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
- 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
冤家对头
- 1 enemy (idiom); opponent
- 2 arch-enemy
冤家路窄
- 1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
冤有头,债有主
- 1 for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
- 2 when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
有仇不报非君子,有冤不伸枉为人
- 1 one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)