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牢láo狱yù之zhī灾zāi

  1. imprisonment

    trad. 牢獄之災

Also written 牢獄之災【láo yù zhī zāi】

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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牢
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(literary) pen; fold (for livestock), prison; jail, firm; secure; fast

Pinyin
láo
Strokes
7
Frequency
8644 of 2500
Words starting with 牢Words ending in 牢Anywhere in a word
狱
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

prison

Pinyin
yù
Traditional
獄
Strokes
9
Frequency
43305 of 2500
Words starting with 狱Words ending in 狱Anywhere in a word
之
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it

Pinyin
zhī
Strokes
3
Frequency
475 of 2500
Words starting with 之Words ending in 之Anywhere in a word
灾
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

disaster; calamity

Pinyin
zāi
Traditional
災
Strokes
7
Words starting with 灾Words ending in 灾Anywhere in a word