狱 (獄) yù

1. yù noun prison
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 牢狱 (CC-CEDICT '獄'; Guoyu '獄' n 1; Giles 1892 '獄'; Unihan '獄')
2. yù proper noun Hell; the Underworld
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '獄')
3. yù noun litigtation; a trial at law
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '獄' n 1; Giles 1892 '獄'; Unihan '獄')
4. yù noun strife
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '獄')
5. yù verb to sue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '獄' v)

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• 狱卒(獄卒) a jail guard
• 大狱(大獄) jail; prison
• 出狱(出獄) to be released from prison
• 监狱官使(監獄官使) prison official
• 地狱(地獄) a hell
• 司狱监(司獄監) prison officer
• 越狱(越獄) to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
• 秦城监狱(秦城監獄) Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
• 下狱(下獄) to imprison
• 炼狱(煉獄) purgatory
• 劫狱(劫獄) to break into jail and release prisoners
• 典狱长(典獄長) warden
• 浮动地狱(浮動地獄) floating hell; slave ships
• 逃狱(逃獄) to escape (from prison); to jump bail
• 越狱犯(越獄犯) escaped prisoner
• 刑狱(刑獄) a sentence; a penalty; a punishment
• 狱讼(獄訟) to bring a lawsuit against
• 释放出狱(釋放出獄) to release from jail
• 断狱(斷獄) to decide a law case
• 牢狱(牢獄) prison; jail
• 身陷牢狱(身陷牢獄) to go to prison; to be imprisoned
• 诏狱(詔獄) imperial prison
• 宜岸宜狱(宜岸宜獄) either the lock-up or the prison
• 岸狱(岸獄) prison
• 折狱(折獄) to decide a law case
• 监狱法(監獄法) prison law
• 入狱(入獄) to go to jail; to be sent to prison
• 疑狱(疑獄) a hard legal case to judge
• 冤狱(冤獄) unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
• 狱吏(獄吏) prison guard; jailer
• 监狱(監獄) prison
• 锒铛入狱(鋃鐺入獄) to get shackled and thrown in jail; to be put behind bars; to get jailed
• 牢狱之灾(牢獄之災) imprisonment
• 人间地狱(人間地獄) hell on earth; suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; having an uncomfortable time

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• 卷二百〇一 志第一百五十四 刑法三 Volume 201 Treatises 154: Punishment and Law 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 48
• 卷二百 志第一百五十三 刑法二 Volume 200 Treatises 153: Punishment and Law 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 46
• 卷一百九十九 志第一百五十二 刑法一 Volume 199 Treatises 152: Punishment and Law 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 44
• 卷二百〇六 列傳第九十四 馬錄 程啟充 張逵 鄭一鵬 唐樞 杜鸞 葉應驄 解一貴 陸粲 邵經邦 劉世揚 魏良弼 Volume 206 Biographies 94: Ma Lu, Cheng Qichong, Zhang Kui, Zheng Yipeng, Tang Shu, Du Luan, Ye Yingcong, Jie Yigui, Lu Can, Shao Jingbang, Liu Shiyang, Wei Liangbi History of Ming 明史 — count: 42
• 卷九十四 志第七十 刑法二 Volume 94 Treatises 70: Punishment and Law 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 41
• 卷九十五 志第七十一 刑法三 Volume 95 Treatises 71: Punishment and Law 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 35
• 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 25
• 卷111 刑罰志七 Volume 111 Treatise 7: Criminal Punishment Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 25
• 卷二百零九 列傳第一百三十四 酷吏 Volume 209 Biographies 134: Cruel Officials New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 25
• 卷二百〇九 列傳第九十七 楊最 馮恩 楊爵 周怡 劉魁 沈束 沈鍊 楊繼盛 楊允繩 Volume 209 Biographies 97: Yang Zui, Feng En, Yang Jue, Zhou Yi, Liu Kui, Shen Shu, Shen Lian, Yang Jicheng, Yang Yunsheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 25

Collocations

• 听狱 (聽獄) 聽獄治政 — Mozi 墨子, 卷二 尚賢中 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous II — count: 18
• 决狱 (決獄) 決獄折中 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 11
• 狱治 (獄治) 聽獄治政 — Mozi 墨子, 卷二 尚賢中 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous II — count: 7
• 治狱 (治獄) 貴治獄之吏 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷五 貴德 Chapter 5: Valuing Virtue — count: 6
• 狱掾 (獄掾) 乃請蘄獄掾曹咎書抵櫟陽獄掾司馬欣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 5
• 庶狱 (庶獄) 庶獄 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 立政 Zhou Shu - Establishment of Government — count: 5
• 系狱 (系獄) 繫獄當死 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 4
• 狱成 (獄成) 獄成而孚 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments — count: 4
• 归狱 (歸獄) 惡乎歸獄 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 4
• 讼狱 (訟獄) 訟獄者 — Mencius 孟子, 萬章上 Wan Zhang I — count: 3