委屈
wai2 wat1wěi qu
English
- wronged; aggrieved
- suffer from injustice
- to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong
- sense of being wronged
- aggrieved; feeling wronged, hard done by, unfairly blamed, or misunderstood
- to wrong, shortchange, put upon, or inconvenience someone; to make someone accept a role or arrangement beneath what they deserve
- unfair treatment; an indignity, grievance, or hardship suffered
- to compromise oneself; to suppress one’s own wishes or put oneself out to accommodate others
粵語 — Cantonese
- 因為受不公平對待、畀人冤枉、誤會,或者未獲應有重視,而感到難受、不忿或唔甘心嘅心情
- 令某人承受唔應得、唔相稱或者唔方便嘅安排、待遇或犧牲;可以有「虧待」、「低估」或「要人屈就」嘅意思,常帶同情、體諒或歉意。
- 指所受嘅不公平待遇、冤枉、侮慢或被迫遷就而承受嘅苦;亦可以指由此積落嘅不平和苦悶
- 壓低、犧牲或抑制自己嘅意願、利益或尊嚴,以遷就他人或環境
Examples
我喺工作上受咗好多委屈。
I have endured a lot of unfair treatment at work.
為咗遷就屋企人,佢成日委屈自己。
He often sacrifices his own wishes to accommodate his family.
我讀完博士都只係做文員,呢個安排真係委屈咗我。
I have a PhD and I am still being made to work as a clerk, this arrangement really shortchanges me. ----
我幫教授寫咗十篇論文,都唔畀我畢業,真係好委屈。
I wrote ten papers for my professor and they still will not let me graduate. I feel so wronged.
你讀完博士,仲要畀人安排做文員,真係委屈咗你喇。
You have a PhD and are still being made to work as a clerk, you deserve better than this.
個個都以為我講大話,但我根本冇講大話,我真係覺得好委屈。
Everyone thinks I lied, but I did not. I feel so wronged.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk