created sense approved 三字狱/三字獄 · sānzìyù · three-character frame-up — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
三字狱 / 三字獄
sānzìyù
three-character frame-up
A trumped-up charge or false imprisonment. This refers to the Song Dynasty general [[岳飞|岳飛|yue4 fei1]] who was executed on the three-character charge of [[莫须有|莫須有|mo4 xu1 you3]] (perhaps there is), which was used to frame him for crimes he did not commit.
三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 字 (literal) → 字 · zì · character 狱 (literal) → 狱/獄 · yù · lawsuit
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition