狱
yù
Pinyin

Definition

狱
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yù
  1. prison

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

地狱
dì yù
  1. 1 hell
  2. 2 infernal
  3. 3 underworld
监狱
jiān yù
  1. 1 prison
越狱
yuè yù
  1. 1 to break out of prison
  2. 2 to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
入狱
rù yù
  1. 1 to go to jail
  2. 2 to be sent to prison
炼狱
liàn yù
  1. 1 purgatory
狱
yù
  1. 1 prison
典狱长
diǎn yù zhǎng
  1. 1 warden
冤狱
yuān yù
  1. 1 unjust charge or verdict
  2. 2 miscarriage of justice
  3. 3 frame-up
出狱
chū yù
  1. 1 to be released from prison
劫狱
jié yù
  1. 1 to break into jail
  2. 2 to forcibly release prisoners
大狱
dà yù
  1. 1 jail
  2. 2 prison
文字狱
wén zì yù
  1. 1 literary inquisition
  2. 2 official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
牢狱
láo yù
  1. 1 prison
狱卒
yù zú
  1. 1 jailer (old)
秦城监狱
Qín chéng Jiān yù
  1. 1 Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
越狱犯
yuè yù fàn
  1. 1 escaped prisoner
逃狱
táo yù
  1. 1 to escape (from prison)
  2. 2 to jump bail
锒铛入狱
láng dāng rù yù
  1. 1 lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be put behind bars
  3. 3 to get jailed

Idioms (2)

人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
  1. 1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. 2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
锒铛入狱
láng dāng rù yù
  1. 1 lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be put behind bars
  3. 3 to get jailed

Sample Sentences

做人要诚实，老一辈的都说说谎是会下地狱、割舌头的。
zuòrén yào chéngshí ，lǎoyībèi de dōu shuō shuōhuǎng shì huì xià dìyù 、gē shétou de 。
We need to be honest. Elders always say that people who lie would go to hell and their tongues would be cut.
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还有，如果你不听话，就把你打入十八层地狱。哈哈，习惯成自然，这样不是很好记嘛。其实佛教刚从印度传到中国的时候，只有十六罗汉，后来被我们加了两个上去，就变成十八罗汉了。
háiyǒu ，rúguǒ nǐ bù tīnghuà ，jiù bǎ nǐ dǎrù shí bā céng dìyù 。hāhā ，xíguàn chéng zìrán ，zhèyàng bùshì hěn hǎojì ma 。qíshí fójiào gāng cóng Yìndù chuándào Zhōngguó de shíhou ，zhǐyǒu shí liù luóhàn ，hòulái bèi wǒmen jiā le liǎng gè shàngqu ，jiù biàn chéng shí bā luóhàn le 。
Also, if you aren't obedient, then you'll be cast into the 18th layer of hell. Haha, it becomes natural after a while and this way it's easy to remember, right? In fact, when Buddhism had just come to China from India, there were only 16 arhats. Later on we added two more and it became 18 arhats.
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越狱
Yuèyù
Prison Break
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一瞬间，人们生活的地方变成了地狱，惨不忍睹。
yīshùnjiān ，rénmen shēnghuó de dìfang biànchéng le dìyù ，cǎnbùrěndǔ 。
In an instant the peoples' lives had become a living hell. It was a horrible sight to behold.
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行货，在苹果旗舰店买的。水货的话好像要越狱什么的，我不会弄，所以只能买个行货咯。
hánghuò ，zài Píngguǒ qíjiàndiàn mǎi de 。shuǐhuò dehuà hǎoxiàng yào yuèyù shénme de ，wǒ bù huì nòng ，suǒyǐ zhǐnéng mǎi ge hánghuò lo 。
Official. I bought it at an official Apple store. I think you have to do that jailbreak thing with the unofficial phones. I don't know how to do all that, so I just bought an official one.
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能看到恶魔岛吗？那儿以前真的是监狱啊？
néng kàndào èmódǎo ma ？nàr5 yǐqián zhēnde shì jiānyù ā ？
Can you see Alcatraz? Was that really a prison in the past?
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是。可是一下子从天堂掉进了地狱，那个滋味很不好受。那段日子过得很悲惨，因为我是太监，大家都看不起我。当苦力都没人要，还要处处遭受白眼。
shì 。kěshì yīxiàzi cóng tiāntáng diàojìn le dìyù ，nàge zīwèi hěn bù hǎoshòu 。nà duàn rìzi guò de hěn bēicǎn ，yīnwèi wǒ shì tàijiàn ，dàjiā dōu kànbuqǐ wǒ 。dāng kǔlì dōu méi rén yào ，hái yào chùchù zāoshòu báiyǎn 。
That's right. In a moment, heaven had fallen into hell and it wasn't easy to stomach. Those days were really miserable. Because I was a eunuch, everyone looked down on me. Nobody even wanted me as a coolie and once again, I was looked down upon by others in every way.
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不过窃听他人隐私是犯法的吧。我可不想为了这个蹲监狱。
búguò qiètīng tārén yǐnsī shì fànfǎ de ba 。wǒ kě bù xiǎng wèile zhège dūn jiānyù 。
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看《越狱》吧。
kàn 《yuèyù 》ba 。
Let’s watch “Prison Break.”
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