狱
prison
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How 狱 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A guard dog 犭 talking 讠 to a prisoner 犬
How to remember it
prison · Heisig RSH #350
chihuahua + pack of wild dogs + words
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 狱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人间地狱 | rén jiān dì yù | hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; fig. hav… |
| 无间地狱 | Wú jiàn Dì yù | see 阿鼻地獄|阿鼻地狱[A1 bi2 Di4 yu4] |
| 地狱笑话 | dì yù xiào huà | (coll.) transgressive humor that treats tragedy, suffering, or other morally sensitive top… |
| 浮动地狱 | fú dòng dì yù | floating hell; slave ships |
| 画地为狱 | huà dì wéi yù | see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2] |
| 文字狱 | wén zì yù | literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing |
| 阿鼻地狱 | Ā bí Dì yù | (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells |
| 释放出狱 | shì fàng chū yù | to release from jail |
| 大狱 | dà yù | jail; prison |
| 地狱 | dì yù | hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark… |
| 监狱长 | jiān yù zhǎng | prison warden |
| 典狱长 | diǎn yù zhǎng | prison warden |
| 下狱 | xià yù | to imprison |
| 出狱 | chū yù | to be released from prison |
| 入狱 | rù yù | to go to jail; to be sent to prison |
| 秦城监狱 | Qín chéng Jiān yù | Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, who… |
| 断狱 | duàn yù | to pass judgment on a legal case |
| 越狱犯 | yuè yù fàn | escaped prisoner |
| 牢狱之灾 | láo yù zhī zāi | imprisonment |
| 狱警 | yù jǐng | prison officer |