獄 yù

prison, jail; case; lawsuit

DEFINITIONS

  • prison, jail
  • case
  • lawsuit
  • prison

WORDS

下獄 xià yù to imprison
人間地獄 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; fig. having an uncomfortable time
入獄 rù yù to go to jail; to be sent to prison
典獄長 diǎn yù zhǎng warden
冤獄 yuān yù unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
出獄 chū yù to be released from prison
劫獄 jié yù to break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners
地獄 dì yù hell; infernal; underworld
大獄 dà yù jail; prison
文字獄 wén zì yù literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
斷獄 duàn yù to pass judgment on a legal case
浮動地獄 fú dòng dì yù floating hell; slave ships
煉獄 liàn yù purgatory
牢獄 láo yù prison
牢獄之災 láo yù zhī zāi imprisonment
獄卒 yù zú jailer (old)
獄吏 yù lì prison guard; jailer (old)
畫地為獄 huà dì wéi yù see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]
疑獄 yí yù a hard legal case to judge
監獄 jiān yù prison
秦城監獄 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
詔獄 zhào yù imperial prison
越獄 yuè yù to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
越獄犯 yuè yù fàn escaped prisoner
身陷牢獄 shēn xiàn láo yù to go to prison; to be imprisoned
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