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Meaning of 圄

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圄
Pinyin: yǔ
English Definition: prison; to imprison
Chinese Definition:
①(囹圄)见“囹”。
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 囗
Pictophonetic:吾 indicates the sound; 囗 (enclosure) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿴ Full surround
    • 囗 [ wéi ] enclosure; border
    • 吾 [ wú ] I, my, our; to resist, to impede
Similar Characters: 圐
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Example Words
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)
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Example Sentences
1
调查小组工作不断地被内部分歧和成员变动而搞的深陷囵圄
。
The panel was hobbled repeatedly by internal divisions and staff turnover.
2
我的想法是
:
我圄于生动想象中的世界为时已久
,
本质上与我成长时期耳濡目染的故事天地休戚相关
。
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
因此
,
相对于让自己圄于这三种文化中的一种
,
我现在更倾向于发掘更多的文化种类并寻找让自己爱上它的元素
。
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.