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狱
獄
yù
1.
prison
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
下狱
xiàyù
to imprison
入狱
rùyù
to go to jail
冤狱
yuānyù
unjust charge or verdict
出狱
chūyù
to be released from prison
劫狱
jiéyù
to break into jail
地狱
dìyù
hell
大狱
dàyù
jail
断狱
duànyù
to pass judgement on a legal case
炼狱
liànyù
purgatory
牢狱
láoyù
prison
狱卒
yùzú
jailer (old)
狱吏
yùlì
prison guard
疑狱
yíyù
a hard legal case to judge
监狱
jiānyù
prison
越狱
yuèyù
to break out of prison
逃狱
táoyù
to escape (from prison)
典狱长
diǎnyùzhǎng
warden
文字狱
wénzìyù
literary inquisition
越狱犯
yuèyùfàn
escaped prisoner
人间地狱
rénjiāndìyù
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,596
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,211 of 84,292