炼狱 (煉獄)
liàn yù
Pinyin

Definition

炼狱 (煉獄)
 - 
liàn yù
  1. purgatory

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

修炼
xiū liàn
  1. 1 (of Taoists) to practice austerities
  2. 2 to practice asceticism
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

Idioms (3)

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
真金不怕火炼
zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn
  1. 1 True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
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