苦窑

Traditional form:

苦窯

Pinyin (reading):

kǔyáo

Definitions:

• (slang) prison

Characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 窑 - kiln, oven; pit, coal mine

Traditional characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 窯 - kiln, oven; pit, coal mine