Chinese symbol for “grudges”
恩怨
ēn yuàn
gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grudges is 恩怨 (ēn yuàn), defined as: gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恩怨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感恩 | gǎn ēn | to be grateful |
| 恩典 | ēn diǎn | favor; grace |
| 恩赐 (恩賜) | ēn cì | to bestow (favors, charity etc) |
| 恩惠 | ēn huì | favor; grace |
| 恩爱 (恩愛) | ēn ài | loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love |
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain; to grumble |
| 埋怨 | mán yuàn | to complain; to grumble (about) |
| 怨恨 | yuàn hèn | to resent; to harbor a grudge against |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.