WordTaiwan frequency #28,234
煉獄
ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄩˋ
“purgatory; a place of suffering or ordeal”
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- 監獄ㄐㄧㄢ ㄩˋprison; jail; a facility where convicted criminals are confined.
- 地獄ㄉㄧˋ ㄩˋhell; the underworld; a realm of punishment or suffering after death in many religions; (Buddhism) Naraka, a realm for those who have committed evil deeds; (coll.) extremely dark or morally transgressive humor or content
- 入獄ㄖㄨˋ ㄩˋto be sent to prison; to go to jail; to be imprisoned.
- 出獄ㄔㄨ ㄩˋto be released from prison; to leave prison after serving a sentence.
- 提煉ㄊㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋto refine; to extract; to purify a substance by removing impurities through heat or chemical/physical processes
- 修煉ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˋpractice Daoist self-cultivation and alchemy; train oneself spiritually
- 牢獄ㄌㄠˊ ㄩˋprison; jail
- 試煉ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋtest or trial that tempers and strengthens; ordeal; tribulation
- 煉油廠ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˇrefinery; plant that refines crude oil into fuels and petrochemical products
- 下獄ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩˋto be sent to prison; to be jailed; to be imprisoned
- 典獄長ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄩˋ ㄓㄤˇhead of a prison; the top administrative official in charge of a correctional facility
- 冤獄ㄩㄢ ㄩˋwrongful conviction; unjust imprisonment; miscarriage of justice