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文字狱

wén zì yù

3-character word Traditional 文字獄

What 文字狱 means

1. literary inquisition
2. official persecution of intellectuals for their writing

The characters in 文字狱

• 文wénlanguage; culture; writing
• 字zìletter; symbol; character
• 狱yùprison

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