锒铛入狱 láng dāng rù yù

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
  2. fig. to be put behind bars
  3. to get jailed

CHARACTERS

锒 láng lock
铛 dāng frying pan; warming vessel
入 rù
HSK 4
enter, come in(to), join
狱 yù
HSK 6
prison, jail; case; lawsuit