To be groundlessly suspected of a wrongdoing, particularly theft, based on misleading appearances or circumstances.
他只是收拾行李准备搬家，却被人束装盗金，误以为他要带走不属于自己的物品。
He was merely packing his luggage to move, yet he was "束装盗金" (groundlessly suspected of theft), mistakenly believed to be taking items that didn't belong to him.
Era:
Ancient
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Story:
During the Han Dynasty, an official named Jun Buyi served Emperor Wen. One of his colleagues took leave to return home and mistakenly took the gold belonging to another roommate from their shared living space.
The colleague who had lost the gold suspected Jun Buyi of taking it.
Jun Buyi, knowing it would be difficult to explain the situation, simply gave his own gold to the person who had lost theirs.
Later, the colleague who had mistakenly taken the gold returned and gave it back to the original owner. The owner of the gold then felt deeply ashamed of having wrongly suspected Jun Buyi.
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