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冤假错案

yuān jiǎ cuò àndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-40b308ae204e9cb1. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

冤假錯案 冤假错案 [yuan1 jia3 cuo4 an4] /unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)/

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Other forms in these source records: 冤假錯案

  • 冤
    yuān

    injustice / grievance / wrong

  • 假
    gēi

    used in 假掰[gēi bāi]

    jiǎ

    fake / false / artificial / to borrow / if / suppose / to borrow (variant of 假[jiǎ])

    jià

    vacation

  • 错
    cuò

    mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver

    Cuò

    surname Cuo

  • 案
    àn

    (legal) case / incident / record / file / table

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.