Usage of the character 狱
yù
狱
[獄]
- prison
dìyù
地狱
[地獄]
- hell
- infernal
- underworld
- (Buddhism) Naraka
yíyù
疑狱
[疑獄]
- a hard legal case to judge
liànyù
炼狱
[煉獄]
- purgatory
xiàyù
下狱
[下獄]
- to imprison
táoyù
逃狱
[逃獄]
- to escape (from prison)
- to jump bail
yuānyù
冤狱
[冤獄]
- unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
yuèyù
越狱
[越獄]
- to break out of prison
- to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
rùyù
入狱
[入獄]
- to go to jail
- to be sent to prison
zhàoyù
诏狱
[詔獄]
- imperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor)
chūyù
出狱
[出獄]
- to be released from prison
yùlì
狱吏
[獄吏]
- prison guard
- jailer (old)
jiānyù
监狱
[監獄]
- prison
yùzú
狱卒
[獄卒]
- jailer (old)
dàyù
大狱
[大獄]
- jail
- prison
duànyù
断狱
[斷獄]
- to pass judgment on a legal case
láoyù
牢狱
[牢獄]
- prison
jiéyù
劫狱
[劫獄]
- to break into jail
- to forcibly release prisoners
diǎnyùzhǎng
典狱长
[典獄長]
- warden
yuèyùfàn
越狱犯
[越獄犯]
- escaped prisoner
wénzìyù
文字狱
[文字獄]
- literary inquisition
- official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
rénjiāndìyù
人间地狱
[人間地獄]
- hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
- fig. having an uncomfortable time
lángdāngrùyù
锒铛入狱
[鋃鐺入獄]
- lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
- fig. to be put behind bars
- to get jailed
Wújiàn Dìyù
无间地狱
[無間地獄]
- see 阿鼻地獄／阿鼻地狱 ( Abí Dìyù)
Qínchéng Jiānyù
秦城监狱
[秦城監獄]
- Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
láoyùzhīzāi
牢狱之灾
[牢獄之災]
- imprisonment
Abí Dìyù
阿鼻地狱
[阿鼻地獄]
- (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
fúdòngdìyù
浮动地狱
[浮動地獄]
- floating hell
- slave ships
shìfàngchūyù
释放出狱
[釋放出獄]
- to release from jail
shēnxiànláoyù
身陷牢狱
[身陷牢獄]
- to go to prison
- to be imprisoned
huàdìwéiyù
画地为狱
[畫地為獄]
- see 畫地為牢／画地为牢 (huàdìwéiláo)