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怨

yuàn

HSK 5 Character

What 怨 means

1. to blame
2. bound formresentment; hatred; grudge

Example sentences

• 别抱怨！
  Don't complain!
• 谁抱怨了？
  Who complained?
• 别再埋怨了。
  Stop whining.
• 你想抱怨吗？
  Do you wish to complain?
• 你总是在抱怨。
  You are always complaining.
• 他怎幺敢抱怨？
  How dare he complain?

Words starting with 怨

• 怨恨yuàn hènto resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe
• 怨言yuàn yáncomplaint
• 怨气yuàn qìgrievance; resentment; complaint
• 怨声载道yuàn shēng zài dàolit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around…
• 怨天尤人yuàn tiān yóu rén(idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others
• 怨偶yuàn ǒuan unhappy couple (formal writing)
• 怨命yuàn mìngto complain about one's fate; to bemoan one's lot
• 怨女yuàn nǚsenior palace maiden; unmarried woman
• 怨尤yuàn yóuresentment
• 怨念yuàn niàngrudge; pent-up resentment; consuming bitterness
• 怨愤yuàn fènresentment and indignation
• 怨敌yuàn díenemy; foe
• 怨毒yuàn dúbitter resentment; rancor
• 怨声yuàn shēngwail; lament; voice of complaint
• 怨艾yuàn yìto resent; to regret; grudge
• 怨不得yuàn bu decannot blame; no wonder
• 怨天载道yuàn tiān zài dàolit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around…
• 怨气冲天yuàn qì chōng tiān(idiom) extremely resentful
• 怨叹yuàn tànto complain; to grumble
• 怨忿yuàn fènresentment
• 怨怼yuàn duìresentment; grudge
• 怨耦yuàn ǒuvariant of 怨偶

Words containing 怨

• 抱怨bào yuànto complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint
• 埋怨mán yuànto complain; to grumble (about); to reproach
• 恩怨ēn yuàngratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges
• 哀怨āi yuàngrief; resentment; aggrieved
• 无怨无悔wú yuàn wú huǐno complaints; to have no regrets
• 幽怨yōu yuànhidden bitterness; secret grudge
• 任劳任怨rèn láo rèn yuànto work hard without complaint (idiom)
• 积怨jī yuàngrievance; accumulated rancor
• 仇怨chóu yuànhatred and desire for revenge
• 报怨bào yuànto pay back a score; to get revenge; to requite
• 嫌怨xián yuàngrievance; hatred
• 宿怨sù yuànan old grudge; old scores to settle
• 招怨zhāo yuànto arouse resentment
• 民怨mín yuànpopular grievance; complaints of the people
• 结怨jié yuànto arouse dislike; to incur hatred
• 旧怨jiù yuànold grievance; former complaint
• 落埋怨lào mán yuànto get blamed
• 以德报怨yǐ dé bào yuànto return good for evil (idiom); to requite evil with good
• 埋天怨地mán tiān yuàn dìlit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant
• 杯酒解怨bēi jiǔ jiě yuàna wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction
• 东征西怨dōng zhēng xī yuànwar on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
• 自怨自艾zì yuàn zì yìto be full of remorse; to repent and redress one's errors
• 民怨沸腾mín yuàn fèi téngseething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
• 民怨鼎沸mín yuàn dǐng fèiseething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

Characters built on 夗

These share the phonetic component 夗 (yuàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 苑yuàn(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park…
• 鸳yuānmandarin duck
• 眢yuāninflamed eyelids; parched

Characters that look like 怨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 捐juānto relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• 怒nùanger; fury; flourishing
• 捞lāoto fish up; to dredge up
• 捣dǎoto pound; to beat; to hull
• 朔shuòbeginning; first day of lunar month; north
• 捋lǚto smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke

Sounds the same

Read yuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 院courtyard; institution
• 愿honest and prudent; variant of 愿
• 苑(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park…
• 远to distance oneself from (classical)
• 瑗large jade ring
• 媛(bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced yuán); Taiwan pr. yuán
• 掾official
• 夗to turn over when asleep