Keyword
prison
- jail
- case
- lawsuit
- Frequency
- #1144
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
A guard dog 犭 talking 讠 to a prisoner 犬
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
监狱
prison
地狱
hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
入狱
to go to jail; to be sent to prison
出狱
to be released from prison
狱
prison
越狱
to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
炼狱
purgatory
牢狱
prison
狱警
prison officer
下狱
to imprison
狱卒
jailer (old)
冤狱
unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
牢狱之灾
imprisonment
逃狱
to escape (from prison); to jump bail
人间地狱
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; fig. having an uncomfortable time
锒铛入狱
lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom); fig. to be put behind bars; to get jailed
秦城监狱
Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
典狱长
prison warden
监狱长
prison warden
劫狱
to break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners
文字狱
literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
狱吏
prison guard; jailer (old)
断狱
to pass judgment on a legal case
大狱
jail; prison