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Definitions

  1. 1. prison

Words Containing 狱

出狱
chū yù

to be released from prison

监狱
jiān yù

prison

牢狱
láo yù

prison

诏狱
zhào yù

imperial prison

人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù

hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive

疑狱
yí yù

a hard legal case to judge

狱吏
yù lì

prison guard

牢狱之灾
láo yù zhī zāi

imprisonment

逃狱
táo yù

to escape (from prison)

无间地狱
wú jiàn dì yù

see 阿鼻地獄|阿鼻地狱[ā bí dì yù]

释放出狱
shì fàng chū yù

to release from jail

典狱长
diǎn yù zhǎng

warden

越狱犯
yuè yù fàn

escaped prisoner

炼狱
liàn yù

purgatory

地狱
dì yù

hell

入狱
rù yù

to go to jail

劫狱
jié yù

to break into jail

浮动地狱
fú dòng dì yù

floating hell

大狱
dà yù

jail

越狱
yuè yù

to break out of prison

锒铛入狱
láng dāng rù yù

lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)

断狱
duàn yù

to pass judgment on a legal case

画地为狱
huà dì wéi yù

see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[huà dì wéi láo]

秦城监狱
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

文字狱
wén zì yù

literary inquisition

冤狱
yuān yù

unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up

下狱
xià yù

to imprison

阿鼻地狱
ā bí dì yù

(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells

身陷牢狱
shēn xiàn láo yù

to go to prison