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prison
HSK 7-9
hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka
HSK 7-9
to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
imperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor)
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prison
to go to jail / to be sent to prison
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
to escape (from prison) / to jump bail
to imprison
lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom) / fig. to be put behind bars / to get jailed
to break into jail / to forcibly release prisoners
unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
to pass judgment on a legal case
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
prison
literary inquisition / official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
to go to prison / to be imprisoned
Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
to release from jail
to be released from prison
jail / prison
floating hell / slave ships
purgatory
a hard legal case to judge


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