狱
yù
prison
dog (犭) + speech (讠) + dog (犬) = two dogs snarling into a verdict
Two dogs (犭and 犬) facing each other, barking and snapping — their quarrel summons words (讠) and legal judgment. The image is of a noisy, contested confrontation that ends in confinement.
他因为偷东西被关进了监狱。
tā yīn wèi tōu dōng xi bèi guān jìn le jiān yù。
He was locked up in prison for stealing things.
那个人在狱中待了五年才出来。
nà ge rén zài yù zhōng dāi le wǔ nián cái chū lái。
That person stayed in prison for five years before coming out.
Words with 狱
典狱长
diǎn yù zhǎng
warden
文字狱
wén zì yù
literary inquisition
越狱
yuè yù
to break out of prison
释放出狱
shì fàng chū yù
to release from jail
锒铛入狱
láng dāng rù yù
lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
阿鼻地狱
ā bí dì yù
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
下狱
xià yù
to imprison
人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
出狱
chū yù
to be released from prison
入狱
rù yù
to go to jail
冤狱
yuān yù
unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
劫狱
jié yù
to break into jail