地牢

dì láo · di lao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. prison
  2. dungeon

In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)座(zuò)城(chéng)堡(bǎo)的(de)地(dì)牢(láo)又(yòu)暗(àn)又(yòu)潮(cháo)湿(shī)。

The dungeon of that castle was dark and damp.

02

电(diàn)影(yǐng)里(lǐ)的(de)主(zhǔ)角(jué)被(bèi)关(guān)在(zài)地(dì)牢(láo)里(lǐ)好(hǎo)几(jǐ)年(nián)。

The protagonist in the movie was locked in a dungeon for years.

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