Character
RADICAL | ⽝ (94.10) |
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STROKES | 14 |
SIMPLIFIED | 狱 |
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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