Character

狱 yù

prison, jail; case; lawsuit

HSK 6 #1597

监狱 jiān yù HSK 6	prison
地狱 dì yù	hell; infernal; underworld
出狱 chū yù	to be released from prison
越狱 yuè yù	to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
入狱 rù yù	to go to jail; to be sent to prison
牢狱 láo yù	prison
炼狱 liàn yù	purgatory
人间地狱 rén jiān dì yù	hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; fig. having an uncomfortable time
狱卒 yù zú	jailer (old)
锒铛入狱 láng dāng rù yù	lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom); fig. to be put behind bars; to get jailed
越狱犯 yuè yù fàn	escaped prisoner
劫狱 jié yù	to break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners
冤狱 yuān yù	unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
下狱 xià yù	to imprison
典狱长 diǎn yù zhǎng	warden
大狱 dà yù	jail; prison
文字狱 wén zì yù	literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
断狱 duàn yù	to pass judgment on a legal case
浮动地狱 fú dòng dì yù	floating hell; slave ships
牢狱之灾 láo yù zhī zāi	imprisonment
狱吏 yù lì	prison guard; jailer (old)
画地为狱 huà dì wéi yù	see 畫地為牢\|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]
疑狱 yí yù	a hard legal case to judge
秦城监狱 qín chéng jiān yù	Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
诏狱 zhào yù	imperial prison

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