覆盆之冤 Injustice of an Inverted Basin
Explanation
比喻遭受冤枉而无法申诉的情况。像盆子扣过来一样，阳光照不到里面，比喻冤屈无人得知，无法昭雪。
A metaphor for being wronged and unable to appeal. Like an inverted basin, the sunlight cannot reach the inside, which is a metaphor for injustice that no one knows about and cannot be cleared.
Origin Story
很久以前，在一个偏远的小村庄里，住着一位名叫阿强的年轻农民。阿强为人正直，勤勤恳恳，却总是遭到村里一些人的嫉妒和陷害。一天，村里的一位富户丢失了一件贵重的物品，有人诬陷阿强偷了东西，村长和乡绅们没有认真调查，便将他抓了起来，关进了村里的柴房。阿强百口莫辩，只能在黑暗潮湿的柴房里默默承受着这莫大的冤屈。他多次想向县衙告状，却因为路途遥远，并且自身贫穷无力，而最终放弃了。日复一日，年复一年，阿强在冤屈中度过了他一生中最美好的时光，直至最后含冤而死。他的遭遇，就像一个被倒扣的盆子，阳光永远照射不到里面，这便是覆盆之冤的真实写照。直到几十年后，真相才终于大白于天下，可阿强却再也无法享受这迟来的正义了。
Long ago, in a remote village, lived a young farmer named Aqiang. Aqiang was an upright and hardworking man, but he was always the target of jealousy and framing from some people in the village. One day, a wealthy villager lost a valuable item, and someone falsely accused Aqiang of stealing it. The village head and the gentry, without a thorough investigation, arrested him and put him in the village's firewood room. Aqiang was unable to defend himself and could only silently endure the great injustice in the dark and damp firewood room. He tried several times to appeal to the county government, but eventually gave up due to the long distance and his own poverty. Day after day, year after year, Aqiang spent the best years of his life in injustice, until he finally died of resentment. His fate was like an inverted bowl, forever deprived of sunlight—the true portrayal of the idiom "fù pén zhī yuān." Only decades later, the truth was finally revealed, but Aqiang could no longer enjoy this belated justice.
Usage
用来形容遭受冤枉而无法申诉的情况。
Used to describe the situation where one suffers from injustice without being able to appeal.
Examples
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他蒙受了覆盆之冤，多年来一直无法洗清冤屈。
ta meng shou le fu pen zhi yuan, duonian lai yizhi wufa xi qing yuan qu
He suffered from an injustice that could not be redressed for many years.
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这件案子扑朔迷离，疑点重重，真可谓是覆盆之冤，让人难以释怀。
zhe jian anzi pusaomili, yidian chongchong, zhen ke wei shi fu pen zhi yuan, rang ren nan yi shi huai
This case is full of mysteries and doubts, a real nightmare that is hard to let go of.