| 冤 | yuān | injustice; grievance; wrong |
| 冤枉 | yuān wang | hatred; injustice; bad luck; unjust treatment; wronged; not worthwhile |
| 冤屈 | yuān qū | to receive unjust treatment; injustice |
| 冤家 | yuān jiā | enemy; foe; in opera, sweetheart or destined love |
| 冤狱 | yuān yù | unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up |
| 冤仇 | yuān chóu | rancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances |
| 冤魂 | yuān hún | ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances |
| 冤假错案 | yuān jiǎ cuò àn | unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case) |
| 冤大头 | yuān dà tóu | spendthrift and foolish; sb with more money than sense |
| 冤孽 | yuān niè | sin (in Buddhism); enmity leading to sin |
| 冤家对头 | yuān jiā duì tóu | enemy (idiom); opponent; arch-enemy |
| 冤家路窄 | yuān jiā lù zhǎi | lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions |
| 冤情 | yuān qíng | facts of an injustice; circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice |
| 冤抑 | yuān yì | to suffer injustice |
| 冤枉路 | yuān wang lù | pointless trip; not worth the trip |
| 冤枉钱 | yuān wang qián | pointless expense; not worth the money spent |
| 冤案 | yuān àn | miscarriage of justice |
| 冤业 | yuān yè | sin (in Buddhism); enmity leading to sin; also written 冤孽 |
| 冤死 | yuān sǐ | to die of persecution |
| 冤气 | yuān qì | unfair treatment; injustice |
| 冤苦 | yuān kǔ | suffering from injustice |
| 冤诬 | yuān wū | unjust charge; frame-up |
| 冤钱 | yuān qián | pointless expense; not worth the money spent |
| 冤头 | yuān tóu | enemy; foe |
