炼狱

Traditional form:

煉獄

Pinyin (reading):

liànyù

Definitions:

• purgatory

Characters:

• 炼 - to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
• 狱 - prison, jail; case; lawsuit

Traditional characters:

• 煉 - to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
• 獄 - prison, jail; case; lawsuit