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What does 监狱 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

监狱 jiānyù

prison; jail

Its characters

  1. 监 jiān prison
  2. 狱 yù prison

In a sentence

他在监狱里工作了二十年。 He worked in the prison for twenty years.

安史之乱的时候,他因为加入了永王的队伍,被关进监狱,差点儿被处死,后来被流放到很远的夜郎,走到半路才遇到大赦。

From 李白是谁? · Who was Li Bai? China’s poet of the moon

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