牢 láo — prison; jail
牢
Level 1 · Common HSK 6 #880
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Basic definition
Detailed explanation
noun
- (象形指事。据甲骨文，里面是个“牛”字，外面象养牛的圈。泛指一般养牲畜的栏圈( juàn)。本义:关养牛马等牲畜的圈)
- fold;pen e.g 牢栈 · 牢筴 · 牢藉
- sacrifice
- prison e.g 监牢 牢犴 · 牢城 · 牢坑
- food provision e.g 牢赏 · 牢直
- Lao prefecture
- Lao River
adjective
- firm e.g 牢良 · 牢守 · 牢车 · 牢壮 · 牢坚 · 牢密
- resolute e.g 牢让 · 牢切 · 牢辞 · 牢护
- safe e.g 牢利 · 牢饭碗 · 牢稳
- worried e.g 牢愁 · 牢剌 · 牢忧
- tight-lipped
Related words
- 牢固 firm; secure
- 牢记 to keep firmly in mind
- 牢骚 complaint; grumble
- 坐牢 to be imprisoned
- 牢房 prison cell
- 牢狱 prison; jail; prison life
- 亡羊补牢 to mend the fold after the sheep are lost
- 牢靠 firm; reliable; dependable
- 监牢 prison; jail
- 牢笼 a cage; a trap; confinement
- 牢不可破 firm and unbreakable; indestructible
- 大牢 prison; jail (colloquial)
- 套牢 to be stuck holding a losing investment
- 地牢 prison/dungeon
- 囚牢 prison; jail
- 画地为牢 to draw a circle on the ground as a prison; to confine to a limited range
- 死牢 a death-row prison cell
- 黑牢 a dark dungeon
- 把牢 to hold firm; to keep a tight grip on; to be reliable
- 水牢 prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immerse