狱

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What 狱 means

prison

Ideographic: A guard dog 犭 talking 讠 to a prisoner 犬

Made of 犭 + 讠 + 犬

Words with 狱

• 监狱jiān yùprison
• 地狱dì yùhell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka
• 出狱chū yùto be released from prison
• 入狱rù yùto go to jail; to be sent to prison
• 越狱yuè yùto break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
• 炼狱liàn yùpurgatory
• 典狱长diǎn yù zhǎngwarden
• 逃狱táo yùto escape (from prison); to jump bail
• 牢狱láo yùprison
• 狱卒yù zújailer (old)
• 牢狱之灾láo yù zhī zāiimprisonment
• 下狱xià yùto imprison

狱 in a sentence

• 你是为什么入狱的？

  nǐ shì wèi shén me rù yù de ？

  What were you in prison for?

• 你在监狱做什么？

  nǐ zài jiān yù zuò shén me ？

  What are you doing on prison grounds?

• 你在监狱里呆了多久？

  nǐ zài jiān yù lǐ dāi le duō jiǔ ？

  How long were you in jail?

• 通往地狱的路，都是由善意铺成的。

  tōng wǎng dì yù de lù ， dōu shì yóu shàn yì pù chéng de 。

  The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

• 监狱生活比做畜牲还不如。

  jiān yù shēng huó bǐ zuò chù shēng hái bù rú 。

  Life in prison is worse than the life of an animal.

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