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Trad. 詔獄
- imperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor)
Trad. 文字獄
- literary inquisition
- official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
Trad. 鋃鐺入獄
- lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
- fig. to be put behind bars
- to get jailed
Trad. 秦城監獄
- Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
Trad. 人間地獄
- hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
- fig. having an uncomfortable time
Trad. 畫地為獄
- see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]
Trad. 阿鼻地獄
- (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
