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坐牢

zuò láo

Pinyin

Definition

坐牢

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zuò láo

to be imprisoned

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坐

Zuò

1 surname Zuo

乘坐

chéng zuò

1 to ride (in a vehicle)

地牢

dì láo

1 prison
2 dungeon

坐下

zuò xia

1 to sit down

坐垫

zuò diàn

1 cushion
2 (motorbike) seat
3 classifier: 块 kuài

Idioms (20)

亡羊补牢

wáng yáng bǔ láo

1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
2 fig. to act belatedly
3 better late than never
4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台

rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái

1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
2 a cool head in a crisis

坐不垂堂

zuò bù chuí táng

1 lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger

坐井观天

zuò jǐng guān tiān

1 lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded

坐享其成

zuò xiǎng qí chéng

1 to reap where one has not sown (idiom)

Sample Sentences

跟上班比起来，坐牢好多了，不用工作、有人帮你洗衣服、早睡早起，最重要的是，不用听老板啰嗦！

gēn shàngbān bǐqǐlai ，zuòláo hǎo duōle ，bùyòng gōngzuò 、yǒurén bāng nǐ xǐyīfu 、zǎo shuì zǎoqǐ ，zuì zhòngyào de shì ，bùyòng tīng lǎobǎn luōsuo ！

Compared to going to work, going to prison is way better. You don't need to work, there are people that wash your clothes, you keep to early hours and most importantly, you don't need to listen to your boss nagging.

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雇佣童工？这个说法太严重了。雇佣童工可是犯法，要坐牢的。要是知道的话，肯定不会叫他干活了。而且他父母叫他干活也不会付他工钱。

gùyōng tóng gōng ？zhè ge shuōfa tài yánzhòng le 。gùyōng tóng gōng kěshì fànfǎ ，yào zuòláo de 。yàoshì zhīdào dehuà ，kěndìng bùhuì jiào tā gànhuó le 。érqiě tā fùmǔ jiào tā gànhuó yě bùhuì fù tā gōngqián 。

Child labor? That's a pretty serious way of putting it. Child labor is against the law. You'll go to prison for it. If they knew that, they definitely wouldn't have him work. Also, if his parents have him work they aren't going to pay him.

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