UNJUST 罪枉枉
LACK JUSTICE.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
INJUSTICE
contumelia refers to a wrong done in public to the public honour of another person.
iniuria refers to an infringement of another's rights.
offensio refers to the subjective sense of mortification by someone who has suffered contumelia or iniuria.
INJURIA
INJUSTITIA
Words (12 items)
枉 wǎng OC: qʷaŋʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐŋ 15 Attributions
Wǎng 枉 (ant. zhí 直 "straight and lawful treatment") often refers to perversion of justice (althouth the word comes to mean "injustice suffered" by Eastern Han times).
- Word relations
- Ant: 直/GOOD
Zhí 直 (ant. qǔ 曲 "devious") refers to moral straightforwardness and uprightness.
- Syntactic words
- nnonreferentialthe crooked, the unjust, the depraved
- vadNfigurativecrooked, unjust, depraved
- vadVunjustly, without legal basis, without moral justification
- visubject=actionbe the result of a bending of the law, be unjust
- visubject=humanbe unjust or depraved
- vtoNtreat unjustly
- vtoNcausativecause to be unjust> distort, pervert (as laws)
- vtoNpsychbe unjust towards (oneself)
不義 bù yì OC: pɯʔ ŋrals MC: pi̯ut ŋiɛ 14 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPab{vt{NEG}+V(.adN)}actinjustice; failure to act properly
- VP[adN]nonreferentialthose who are unjust
- VPibe unjust; not have a just cause one is fighting for
- VPtoNputativeregard as unjust
偏枉 piān wǎng OC: phen qʷaŋʔ MC: phiɛn ʔi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabone-sidedness, unjust partiality
- VPiunjust, one-sided
自由 zì yóu MC: dzijH yuw OC: sblids liw 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabdissolutenessCH
- VPibe unauthorised, be self-willed and disobedientCH
枉道 wǎng dào OC: qʷaŋʔ ɡ-luuʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐŋ dɑu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPadVtwisting the way> following the wrong way; the unjust way
冤 yuān OC: qon MC: ʔi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
The current general term for injustice suffered is yuān 冤 (ant. píng 平 "proper balanced treatment").
- Syntactic words
- nabactunjust accusation
- nabactinustice suffered from others
- vifeel unjustly accused (mostly from superiors or officials but not necessarily in legal contexts)
不義 bù yì MC: pjut ngjeH OC: pɯʔ ŋrals 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VP[adN]N=humanthe unjustCH
偏斜 piān xié OC: phen lja MC: phiɛn zɣɛ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPiactact inappropriately, improperly
屈 qū OC: khlud MC: khi̯ut 0 Attributions
Qū 屈 refers to a mild injustice suffered, milder than yuān 冤.
- Syntactic words
- nabactinjustice at the hands of others
- vibe unjustly treated by others; feel unjustly humiliated by others
冤結 yuān jié MC: 'jwon ket OC: qon kiid 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabresented injusticeCH
曲 qū OC: khoɡ MC: khi̯ok 0 Attributions
Qǔ 曲 refers to a slightly lesser injustice one is guilty of than wǎng 枉.
- Syntactic words
- vifigurativebe unjust
枉橫 wǎng hèng OC: qʷaŋʔ ɡʷraaŋs MC: ʔi̯ɐŋ ɦɣaŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadVunjustly and wantonly, without basis is the law and wantonly