越狱

yuè yù · yue yu

Traditional 越獄

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to break out of prison
  2. to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)名(míng)囚(qiú)犯(fàn)趁(chèn)停(tíng)电(diàn)时(shí)越(yuè)狱(yù)了(le)。

That prisoner escaped from prison during the power outage.

02

警(jǐng)方(fāng)正(zhèng)在(zài)追(zhuī)捕(bǔ)越(yuè)狱(yù)的(de)逃(táo)犯(fàn)。

The police are hunting the escaped convict who broke out of prison.

Sources & licenses

How to write

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

Browse all wordsExplore words in context