COMPLAIN    上訴訴

SAY that something is NOT JUST AND BAD IN-RELATION-TO SELF:oneself OR someone CLOSE to SELF:oneself.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for complaint is sù 訴. 2. Gào 告 refers to an inferior complaining to a superior. NB: Yuān 冤 refers to an injustice suffered, but not to a complaint about it.
Modern Chinese Criteria
上告 is the current word for lodging a complaint. 上控 focusses on the public accusation which forms part of the complaint. 上訴 refers to stating one's case in court. 越衙上告 refers in a proverbial way to higher authorities. 喊冤 (lit) refers to crying out about an injustice one has suffered. 叫冤 (lit) refers to crying out about an injustice one has suffered. 叫屈 (lit) refers to crying out about an injustice one has suffered. 申冤 (lit, arch) refers to crying out about an injustice one has suffered. 申雪 (lit) refers to an appeal for legal redress for an injustice suffered. 喊冤叫屈 (prov) refers to all manner of loud complaints being made. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • GRUMBLE　COMPLAIN ADDRESSING ONESELF to ONESELF (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
See also
  • BLAMECRITICISE someone as GUILTY of a WICKED:reprehensible MISTAKE OR a CRIME.
Hypernym
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    COMPLAIN

    questus refers to the concise expression of pain through lamentation.

    quiritatio refers to a continued expression of main over a period of time.

    querimonia is the just feeling of the injured person who will not brook an act of injustice, and this word implies understanding of the situation and aims at redress or satisfaction.

    querela tends to refer to the blamable feeling of the discontented person who will brook no hardship, and this word does not normally refer to an action aiming at redressing an unjust situation.

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 180

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.235:161

    LAMENTATION.PLAINTE

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 52A

    • Words (4 items)

    訴  sù OC: sqlaaɡs MC: suo̝
    愬  sù OC: sqlaaɡs MC: suo̝ 6 Attributions

    The current general word for complaint is sù 訴.

      Word relations
    • Result: 訃 / 赴/GO TO Fù 赴 refers to hastening to a (typically dangerous) destination (such as an abyss or fire), or to a place where one is to perform a public duty.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactcomplaint
    • vt(oN)complain about a contextually determinate NDS
    • vt+prep+Ncomplain to N
    • vtoNmake complaints against
    • vtoNobject=audiencemake a complaint to
    • vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2complain about the contextually determinate matter N1 to N2
    告  gào OC: kuuɡs MC: kɑu 2 Attributions

    Gào 告 refers to an inferior complaining to a superior.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 訴 / 愬/ACCUSE Sù 訴 refers to an informal accusation from the party that maintains it has suffered injustice. [INFORMAL], [MALEVOLENT]
    • Assoc: 控/ACCUSE Kòng 控 occasionally refers to a formal complaint directed against the authorities. [ASCENDING], [OFFICIAL]
    • Assoc: 譴 / 遣/ACCUSE Qiǎn 譴 refers to formal more or less serious accusations against officials raised by anyone, including ordinary persons. [ASCENDING], [INTENSE], [OFFICIAL]

      Syntactic words
    • nhumansomebody who receives complaints of the people
    • vtoNcomplain against; make a complaint against someone to a superior SHIJI
    愬  sù OC: sqlaaɡs MC: suo̝ 2 Attributions

    The current general word for complaint is sù 訴.

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nmake complaints to (someone)
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2complain about (someone N1) (to someone N2) 公伯寮愬子路於季孫
    告勞  gào láo OC: kuuɡs raaw MC: kɑu lɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcomplain about one's hard fate