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Character Decomposition
狱=犭+讠+犬
Etymology
A guard dog 犭 talking 讠 to a prisoner 犬
Meanings
prison
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Words with 狱 172 total
Idioms with 狱 15 total
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells阿鼻地狱A1 bí Dì yùlit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom) · fig. to be put behind bars · to get jailed锒铛入狱láng dāng rù yùhell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive · fig. having an uncomfortable time人间地狱rén jiān dì yù