牢獄之災 láo yù zhī zāi

DEFINITIONS

  1. imprisonment

CHARACTERS

牢 láo
HSK 6
prison; stable, pen; secure
獄 yù prison, jail; case; lawsuit
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
災 zāi calamity, disaster, catastrophe