yuàn

to blame

(bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge

phonetic (夗) + heart (心) = resentment held in the heart

夗 gives the approximate sound yuàn; the heart radical beneath it carries all the meaning — this is where resentment lives, coiled in the chest.

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他做错了事,你不能只别人。

tā zuò cuò le shì, nǐ bù néng zhǐ yuàn biérén.

He did something wrong; you can't just blame others.

她心里积累了很多气,却不知道怎么说出来。

tā xīn lǐ jīlěi le hěn duō yuànqì, què bù zhīdào zěnme shuō chūlái.

She has built up a lot of resentment inside, but doesn't know how to express it.

Words with 怨

挟怨

xié yuàn

to hold a grudge

仇怨

chóu yuàn

hatred and desire for revenge

以德报怨

yǐ dé bào yuàn

to return good for evil (idiom)

以直报怨,以德报德

yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé

to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)

任劳任怨

rèn láo rèn yuàn

to work hard without complaint (idiom)

哀怨

āi yuàn

grief

嗔怨

chēn yuàn

to complain; to reproach

自怨自艾

zì yuàn zì yì

to be full of remorse

埋天怨地

mán tiān yuàn dì

lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth

埋怨

mán yuàn

to complain

报怨

bào yuàn

to pay back a score

嫌怨

xián yuàn

grievance

More characters with 夗