| 囹圄 | líng yǔ | prison | |
| 身陷囹圄 | shēn xiàn líng yǔ | thrown into prison; behind bars | |
| 草满囹圄 | cǎo mǎn líng yǔ | lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society | |
| 陷身囹圄 | xiàn shēn líng yǔ | to be put in jail; to be taken prisoner (idiom) |
| 1 | The panel was hobbled repeatedly by internal divisions and staff turnover. | |
| 2 | I mean: In living for so long inside this vividly imagined world, I was, in essence, connecting with the story-world I had grown up with. | |
| 3 | So, rather than settling on any one of the cultures in which I grew up, I now choose to explore many more cultures and find elements to love in each. |