zhào yù
Traditional: 詔獄
诏狱 (zhào yù) is a Chinese word meaning “imperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor)”.
Meanings
- 1imperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor)
Characters in 诏狱
Related words
监狱prison地狱hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka狱prison出狱to be released from prison越狱to break out of prison入狱to go to jail牢狱prison炼狱purgatory人间地狱hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive狱卒jailer (old)锒铛入狱lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)越狱犯escaped prisoner