Definition
怨 (yuàn) means 'to blame' or 'to complain' with a strong sense of grievance or resentment. It is more formal and literary than the everyday 抱怨 (bào yuàn) or 埋怨 (mán yuàn), and less intense than 怨恨 (yuàn hèn 'to resent, harbor a grudge'). 怨 is often used in fixed expressions or as a bound form (e.g., 怨气, 恩怨).
verb
to blameto complain (with a sense of grievance)
Easily confused
- 员yuánsound-alike(suffix) person; employee; member
- 远yuǎnsound-alikefar, distant (in space or time)
- 愿yuànsound-aliketo wish, to hope (often used in blessings and formal expressions)
- 元yuánsound-alike(classifier) yuan, the basic unit of Chinese currency
- 原yuánsound-alikeoriginal, former
- 圆yuánsound-alike(noun) circle
- 园yuánsound-alikegarden; park; (in compounds) a place for a specific purpose (e.g., kindergarten, botanical garden)
- 冤yuānsound-alike(noun) injustice; grievance
Examples
- 怨，。Tā zǒng yuàn biérén bù bāng tā, què bù xiǎngxiang zìjǐ zuò le shénme.He always blames others for not helping him, but doesn't think about what he himself did.
- 怨，。Zhè jiàn shì bù néng yuàn nǐ, shì dàjiā méi gōutōng hǎo.This matter cannot be blamed on you; it's that everyone didn't communicate well.
- 怨，。Tā yuàn zhàngfu bù guānxīn tā, qíshí tā zìjǐ yě bù zhǔdòng.She blames her husband for not caring about her, but actually she herself doesn't take the initiative.
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