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入狱

rù yù

2-character word Traditional 入獄

What 入狱 means

1. to go to jail
2. to be sent to prison

The characters in 入狱

• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 狱yùprison

Example sentences

• 我入狱不止一次。
  Wǒ rùyù bùzhǐyīcì.
  I've been in prison more than once.
• 他以偷窃罪入狱。
  Tā yǐ tōuqiè zuì rùyù.
  He was in prison on a charge of robbery.
• 你是为什幺入狱的？
  What were you in prison for?

Words containing 入狱

• 锒铛入狱láng dāng rù yùlit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom); fig. to be put behind bars; to get jailed