牢房
láo fáng
Pinyin
Definition
牢房
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- jail cell
- prison cell
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (8)
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
亡羊补牢
- 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
宠擅专房
- 1 an especially favored concubine (idiom)
文房四宝
- 1 Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bǐ], 墨[mò], 紙|纸[zhǐ] and 硯|砚[yàn]
- 2 the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
洞房花烛
- 1 bridal room and ornamented candles
- 2 wedding festivities (idiom)