诏狱
zhào yù
Pinyin

Definition

诏狱
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zhào yù
  1. imperial prison

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
出狱
chū yù
  1. 1 to be released from prison
炼狱
liàn yù
  1. 1 purgatory
牢狱
láo yù
  1. 1 prison
狱
yù
  1. 1 prison
下诏
xià zhào
  1. 1 to hand down an imperial edict
典狱长
diǎn yù zhǎng
  1. 1 warden
冤狱
yuān yù
  1. 1 unjust charge or verdict
  2. 2 miscarriage of justice
  3. 3 frame-up
劫狱
jié yù
  1. 1 to break into jail
  2. 2 to forcibly release prisoners
南诏
Nán zhào
  1. 1 Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia
大狱
dà yù
  1. 1 jail
  2. 2 prison
密诏
mì zhào
  1. 1 secret imperial edict
文字狱
wén zì yù
  1. 1 literary inquisition
  2. 2 official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
狱卒
yù zú
  1. 1 jailer (old)
秦城监狱
Qín chéng Jiān yù
  1. 1 Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
诏安
Zhào ān
  1. 1 Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhāng zhōu], Fujian
诏安县
Zhào ān xiàn
  1. 1 Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhāng zhōu], Fujian

Idioms (2)

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
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

Sample Sentences