"(fig.) prison" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
樊笼樊籠	fán lóng	bird cage / (fig.) prison / confinement	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
监狱監獄	jiān yù	prison	syn
服	fú	clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes	syn
牢房	láo fáng	jail cell / prison cell	syn
出狱出獄	chū yù	to be released from prison	syn
越狱越獄	yuè yù	to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
入狱入獄	rù yù	to go to jail / to be sent to prison	syn
服刑	fú xíng	to serve a prison sentence	syn
狱警	yù jǐng	prison officer
拘留所	jū liú suǒ	detention center / prison	syn
刑期	xíng qī	prison term
地牢	dì láo	prison / dungeon	syn
牢狱牢獄	láo yù	prison	syn
判刑	pàn xíng	to sentence (to prison etc)	syn
开花開花	kāi huā	to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish	syn
囚室	qiú shì	prison cell	syn
监牢監牢	jiān láo	prison / jail	syn
热腾腾熱騰騰	rè téng téng	steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]	syn
获释獲釋	huò shì	freed (from prison) / to obtain release	syn
亡命	wáng mìng	to flee / to go into exile (from prison)	syn
铁窗鐵窗	tiě chuāng	window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell	syn
劳改勞改	láo gǎi	abbr. for 勞動改造\|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp)	syn
徒刑	tú xíng	prison sentence	syn
号子號子	hào zi	work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm	syn
囹圄	líng yǔ	(literary) prison	syn
大牢	dà láo	prison	syn
牢	láo	firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison	syn
狱獄	yù	prison	syn
徒	tú	disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare / empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence	syn
监監	jiān	to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison	syn
身陷囹圄	shēn xiàn líng yǔ	thrown into prison / behind bars	syn
准假準假	zhǔn jiǎ	prison furlough
监外执行監外執行	jiān wài zhí xíng	to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
狱吏獄吏	yù lì	prison guard / jailer (old)	syn
圄	yǔ	prison / to imprison
味道	wèi dao	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
目光	mù guāng	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ	to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
塑造	sù zào	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo	to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu	flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén	(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
雏儿雛兒	chú ér	newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
架空	jià kōng	to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出笼出籠	chū lóng	(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu	lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
松柏	sōng bǎi	pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi	to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
中招	zhòng zhāo	(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù	small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
矮化	ǎi huà	(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn	(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú	turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
下来下來	xià lai	to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)	syn
带来帶來	dài lái	to bring / (fig.) to bring about / to produce	syn
加油	jiā yóu	to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on	syn
套	tào	to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)	syn
梦想夢想	mèng xiǎng	(fig.) to dream of / dream	syn
淘汰	táo tài	to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out	syn
深	shēn	deep (lit. and fig.)	syn
将军將軍	jiāng jūn	general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot	syn
舞台舞臺	wǔ tái	(lit. and fig.) stage / arena	syn
吸血鬼	xī xuè guǐ	leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers	syn
不知	bù zhī	not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
价值價值	jià zhí	value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
帽子	mào zi	hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂\|顶[ding3]	syn
空间空間	kōng jiān	space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space	syn
症癥	zhēng	abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point	syn
开门開門	kāi mén	to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
掌握	zhǎng wò	to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency	syn
龙龍	lóng	Chinese dragon / loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur	syn
感染	gǎn rǎn	to infect / infection / (fig.) to influence	syn
血液	xuè yè	blood / (fig.) lifeblood	syn
味	wèi	taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription	syn
硬	yìng	hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial	syn
转移轉移	zhuǎn yí	to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize	syn
启动啟動	qǐ dòng	to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)	syn
出局	chū jú	(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
头脑頭腦	tóu nǎo	brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss	syn
虫蟲	chóng	lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條\|条[tiao2],隻\|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic	syn
白色	bái sè	white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist	syn
森	sēn	(bound form) densely wooded / (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous / gloomy / forbidding	syn
做梦做夢	zuò mèng	to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream	syn
背景	bèi jǐng	background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種\|种[zhong3]	syn
材料	cái liào	(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job	syn
起飞起飛	qǐ fēi	(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly	syn
角落	jiǎo luò	corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot / nook	syn
动力動力	dòng lì	motive power / (fig.) motivation / impetus
提起	tí qǐ	to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)	syn
刷	shuā	a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)	syn
把握	bǎ wò	to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)	syn
钓鱼釣魚	diào yú	to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing	syn
环节環節	huán jié	(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc	syn
身后身後	shēn hòu	the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background	syn
出场出場	chū chǎng	(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue	syn

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"(fig.) prison" Chinese-English Dictionary

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