jail cell; prison cell

(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast

prison; dungeon

to whine; to be grouchy

cage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas); shackles (of past misconceptions); to trap; to shackle

firmly; safely

prison

to keep in mind; to remember

firm; secure

prison; jail

discontent; complaint; to complain

prison

imprisonment

(idiom) (usu. of sth abstract: an alliance, a conviction etc) unbreakable; rock-solid

to be behind bars

tight-lipped

strong; firm

(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)

to immobilize with a lasso; to be trapped in the stock market

prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed

inmate; cellmate

jailer (old)

jailer (old)

solid; strong; firm; secure

firm and solid; robust; reliable

to gaze intently at; to scrutinize

to fortify; to strengthen; to firmly establish (safeguards, foundations or other abstract things)

to commit to memory

see 蹲大牢[dun1 da4 lao2]

to clinch (a nail); to nail down

(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)

variant of 勞什子|劳什子[lao2 shi2 zi5]

lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

lit. belly full of complaints (idiom); discontent; always moaning and complaining

lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom); fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities

to go to prison; to be imprisoned

fallen into a trap

to fall into a trap; ensnared

see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2]

a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)