身陷囹圄 |
shēn xiàn líng yǔ |
thrown into prison / behind bars |
身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |
身陷 |
shēn xiàn |
to be trapped / to be imprisoned |
陷 |
xiàn |
pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect |
囹 |
líng |
used in 囹圄 |
囹圄 |
líng yǔ |
(literary) prison |
圄 |
yǔ |
prison / to imprison |