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申冤

shēn yuān

2-character word

What 申冤 means

1. to appeal for justice
2. to demand redress for a grievance

The characters in 申冤

• 申shēnto extend; to state; to explain
• 冤yuāninjustice; grievance; wrong

Sounds the same

Read shēn yuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 深渊abyss
• 伸冤to right wrongs; to redress an injustice

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