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牢狱之灾

láo yù zhī zāi

4-character word Traditional 牢獄之災

What 牢狱之灾 means

1. imprisonment

The characters in 牢狱之灾

• 牢láo(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 狱yùprison
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 灾zāidisaster; calamity

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