冤獄 [－狱]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    畀​人​冤枉​、​誣告​而​要​坐​監​嘅​刑​罰
    a miscarriage of justice; a wronged imprisonment
    • 佢明明冇做過，都要坐三年冤獄，公平咩！
      佢明明冇做过，都要坐三年冤狱，公平咩！
      keoi5 ming4 ming4 mou5 zou6 gwo3, dou1 jiu3 co5 saam1 nin4 jyun1 juk6, gung1 ping4 me1!
      He has done nothing wrong but is still put into jail. What a miscarriage of justice!
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    miscarriage of justice
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我坐咗廿年冤狱。
    我坐咗廿年冤獄。
    ngo5 zo6 zo2 jaa6 nin4 jyun1 juk6 。
    • I spent 20 years in prison for a crime I did not commit.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    冤情、冤案、冤狱
    冤情、冤案、冤獄
    • the details, the case, the punishment about someone being wrongly blamed
  2. Cantonese
    佢明明冇做过，都要坐三年冤狱，公平咩！
    佢明明冇做過，都要坐三年冤獄，公平咩！
    keoi5 ming4 ming4 mou5 zou6 gwo3, dou1 jiu3 co5 saam1 nin4 jyun1 juk6, gung1 ping4 me1!
    • He has done nothing wrong but is still put into jail. What a miscarriage of justice!