nhà lao
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Definitions
- Noun:
- Prison, jail: A building or facility where people are legally held as punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial. This term is synonymous with "nhà tù."
- Penitentiary: A specific type of prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ta bị giam trong nhà lao mười năm. (He was imprisoned in the prison for ten years.)
- Nhà lao thời phong kiến rất khắc nghiệt. (The jails of the feudal era were very harsh.)
- Họ đã tổ chức vượt ngục khỏi nhà lao. (They organized a prison break from the penitentiary.)
Advanced Usage
- "nhà lao cải tạo": A term historically used for "re-education camp."
- Sau năm 1975, nhiều người đã bị đưa vào các nhà lao cải tạo. (After 1975, many people were sent to re-education camps.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhà tù (n): Prison, jail. This is the direct and most common synonym.
- Trại giam (n): Detention camp, prison camp. Often implies a larger compound.
- Ngục tù (n): Dungeon, prison (has a more literary or archaic feel).
- Phạm nhân (n): Prisoner, inmate.
- Cai ngục (n): Jailer, prison guard.
Synonyms
- Prison: A building for the confinement of people convicted of crimes.
- Jail: A place for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor crimes.
- Penitentiary: A prison for convicted criminals, especially those serving long sentences.
- Dungeon: A dark, often underground prison cell (more archaic/literary).
Related Phrases
- Vào nhà lao / Ở tù: To go to prison / To be in prison.
- Sau phiên toà, ông ấy phải vào nhà lao. (After the trial, he had to go to prison.)
- Giam trong nhà lao: To be incarcerated in prison.
- Tên tội phạm bị giam trong nhà lao suốt phần đời còn lại. (The criminal was incarcerated in prison for the rest of his life.)
Related Idioms
- Nhà lao không cửa: A prison without doors; an inescapable situation or trap.
- Công việc căng thẳng này giống như một nhà lao không cửa. (This stressful job is like a prison without doors.)
- Đời là nhà lao, ta là tù nhân: Life is a prison, we are the prisoners. A pessimistic philosophical saying about the constraints of life.
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