Lao yu, Láo yù, Lǎo yù: 5 definitions
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牢獄 [láo yù] [lao yu]—
Prison (監獄 [jian yu]). From the Book of Han (漢書 [han shu]), Volume 90 (卷九 [juan jiu]○), Biography of Cruel Officials (酷吏傳 [ku li chuan]), Biography of Tian Yannian (田延年傳 [tian yan nian chuan]): "How can I bear to enter prison, making everyone (眾人 [zhong ren]) point and laugh at me, and commoners/rascals (卒徒 [zu tu]) spit on my back?!"
牢獄：監獄。《漢書．卷九○．酷吏傳．田延年傳》：「何面目入牢獄，使眾人指笑我，卒徒唾吾背乎！」
láo yù: jiān yù. < hàn shū． juǎn jiǔ○． kù lì chuán． tián yán nián chuán>: “hé miàn mù rù láo yù, shǐ zhòng rén zhǐ xiào wǒ, zú tú tuò wú bèi hū! ”
lao yu: jian yu. < han shu. juan jiu○. ku li chuan. tian yan nian chuan>: "he mian mu ru lao yu, shi zhong ren zhi xiao wo, zu tu tuo wu bei hu! "
1) 牢獄 t = 牢狱 s = láo yù p refers to “prison”.
2) 老嫗 t = 老妪 s = lǎo yù p refers to “old woman (formal writing)”..
牢獄 t = 牢狱 s = láo yù p refers to [noun] “prison; jail”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (CC-CEDICT '牢獄 [lao yu]'; Guoyu '牢獄 [lao yu]') .
牢獄 [láo yù] refers to: “prison”.
牢獄 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Related Chinese terms] 獄; 半遮羅; 樊籠; 牆; 箱; 籠; 羅網.
[Sanskrit] duḥkha-pañjara; kārā-gṛha*. cāraka-bandhana; pañjara.
[Tibetan] btson ra.
[Vietnamese] lao ngục.
[Korean] 뇌옥 / noeok.
[Japanese] ロウゴク / rōgoku.
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Yu, Ao, Yu, Lao, Lo.
Starts with: Lao yu neng jie, Lao yu zhi zai, Lao yuan, Lao yun, Lao yun heng tong.
Full-text (+111): Lao yu zhi zai, Shen xian lao yu, Wang fa lao yu, Qi bao lao yu, Sheng si lao yu, btson ra, Lao nguc, Duhkhapanjara, 'khor ba'i btson, Wu tian shi zhe, Wei sheng, That bao lao nguc, Vuong phap lao nguc, Lao yu neng jie, You yu, Ti lao, Bachi, Mi sheng, Ye xi, Ai yu.
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