lao tù
Definition
Noun: - Prison, jail: A place where people are legally held as punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial. This is the general term for incarceration facilities.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ta bị kết án mười năm lao tù. (He was sentenced to ten years in prison.)
- Hệ thống lao tù cần cải cách. (The prison system needs reform.)
- Những ký ức về thời gian trong lao tù vẫn ám ảnh ông. (Memories of his time in jail still haunt him.)
Advanced Usage
- "chế độ lao tù": prison regime.
- Chế độ lao tù khắc nghiệt. (The prison regime is harsh.)
- "cuộc sống lao tù": prison life.
- Cuộc sống lao tù đầy gian khổ. (Prison life is full of hardship.)
- "thoát khỏi vòng lao tù": to escape the confines of prison; (figuratively) to break free from a restrictive situation.
- Anh ấy khao khát thoát khỏi vòng lao tù. (He longed to escape from prison.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tù (noun): A common, shorter synonym for prison or jail.
- anh ấy ngồi tù (he is in jail).
- Nhà tù (noun): Prison, jail (literally "prison house"). A very common synonym.
- Trại giam (noun): Detention camp, prison camp.
- Ngục tù (noun): Dungeon, prison (often with a more archaic or literary feel).
Synonyms
- Nhà giam: Jail, lockup.
- Ngục: Dungeon.
- Trại cải tạo: Re-education camp (historical/context-specific).
Related Phrases
- Bị bắt giam vào lao tù: To be arrested and put in prison.
- Hắn bị bắt giam vào lao tù vì tội cướp. (He was arrested and put in prison for robbery.)
- Ra khỏi lao tù: To get out of prison.
- Sau khi ra khỏi lao tù, anh ấy tìm cách xây dựng lại cuộc đời. (After getting out of prison, he tried to rebuild his life.)
Related Idioms
- Lao tù khổ sai: Hard labor prison.
- Bản án đày đi lao tù khổ sai. (The sentence was exile to a hard labor prison.)
- Vào ra lao tù như cơm bữa: To go in and out of prison as regularly as meals (idiom for a habitual offender).
- Tên tội phạm đó vào ra lao t tù như cơm bữa. (That criminal goes in and out of prison all the time.)
noun
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prison, jail
