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Meaning of 圄

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Pinyin:
English Definition: prison; to imprison
Chinese Definition:
①(囹圄)见“囹”。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (enclosure) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Full surround
    • [ wéi ] enclosure; border
    • [ ] I, my, our; to resist, to impede
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Example Words
囹圄 líng prison
身陷囹圄 shēn xiàn líng thrown into prison; behind bars
草满囹圄 cǎo mǎn líng lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
陷身囹圄 xiàn shēn líng to be put in jail; to be taken prisoner (idiom)
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Example Sentences
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.