hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive

to be released from prison

to go to jail; to be sent to prison

to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)

purgatory

to escape (from prison); to jump bail

prison

prison

hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; fig. having an uncomfortable time

to imprison

unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up

to break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners

jail; prison

to pass judgment on a legal case

a hard legal case to judge

imperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor)

literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing

see 阿鼻地獄|阿鼻地狱[A1 bi2 Di4 yu4]

floating hell; slave ships

see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]

Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption

to go to prison; to be imprisoned

to release from jail

lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom); fig. to be put behind bars; to get jailed

(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells