| 锒铛入狱 |
láng dāng rù yù |
lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom) / fig. to be put behind bars / to get jailed |
| 锒 |
láng |
chain / ornament |
| 锒铛 |
láng dāng |
iron chains / shackles / (onom.) clank |
| 铛 |
chēng |
frying pan / griddle |
| 铛 |
dāng |
clank / clang / sound of metal |
| 入 |
rù |
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时) / abbr. for 入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") |
| 入狱 |
rù yù |
to go to jail / to be sent to prison |
| 狱 |
yù |
prison |