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洗冤
xǐyuān
1. lit. to wash out a grievance
2. fig. to right a wrong
3. to redress an injustice

Character Breakdown

洗
xǐ
to bathe, to rinse, to wash
HSK 2 9 丶
冤
yuān
grievance, injustice, wrong
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (1)

洗冤集录
Xǐyuānjílù
Record of Washed Grievances (1247) by Song Ci [[宋慈]], said to be the world's first legal forensic text

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Chinese