yù lì

Traditional: 獄吏

狱吏 (yù lì) is a Chinese word meaning “prison guard; jailer (old)”.

Meanings

  1. 1prison guard
  2. 2jailer (old)

Characters in 狱吏

狱yù · prison吏lì · minor government official or functionary (old)

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)吏minor government official or functionary (old)

Study Chinese with flashcards →