圄
yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

圄
 - 
yǔ
  1. prison
  2. to imprison

Character Decomposition

Related Words (1)

囹圄
líng yǔ
  1. 1 prison

Idioms (1)

草满囹圄
cǎo mǎn líng yǔ
  1. 1 lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society

Sample Sentences

这样说来倒也没错，《基督山伯爵》的主人公爱德蒙唐泰斯遭人陷害身陷囹圄，《琅玡榜》的主人公林殊全家被人算计，差一点葬身战场，两部作品都是以主人公的不幸遭遇开头。
zhèyàng shuōlai dào yě méicuò ，《jīdūshānbójué 》de zhǔréngōng Àidéméngtángtàisī zāo rén xiànhài shēnxiànlíngyǔ ，《lángyábāng 》de zhǔréngōng Línshū quánjiā bèi rén suànjì ，chàyīdiǎn zàngshen zhànchǎng ，liǎng bù zuòpǐn dōu shì yǐ zhǔréngōng de bùxìng zāoyù kāitóu 。
That's actually not wrong, the protagonist of The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes is set up and taken prisoner, whereas someone conspires against the entire family of Lin Shu, the protagonist of Nirvana in Fire, and he almost dies on the battlefield. The two stories all start with the suffering of the protagonist.
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