狱 - yù - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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獄 (狱)

yù

Definition

prison
jail
lawsuit
case (legal)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

嶽

yuè

high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge

鸑

yuè

young phoenix

Related words (25)

jailer (old)

prison guard; jailer (old)

to imprison

to go to jail; to be sent to prison

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

jail; prison

to pass judgement on a legal case

purgatory

prison

a hard legal case to judge

jail; prison

imperial prison

to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)

逃獄

táo yù

to escape (from prison); to jump bail

warden

literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing

escaped prisoner

floating hell; slave ships

imprisonment

see 畫地為牢

to go to prison; to be imprisoned

釋放出獄

shì fàng chū yù

to release from jail

Idioms (2)

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

鋃鐺入獄

láng dāng rù yù

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

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