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ngục tù

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prison
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prison
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prison

A secure place where people are legally held as a form of punishment for committing crimes.

vi Anh ta đã phải ngồi trong ngục tù nhiều năm.

en He had to stay in prison for many years.

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ngục / tù / 獄囚
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
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獄囚
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ngục (泅)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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khám / nhà tù / tù / ngục …
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địa ngục / hoả ngục / hạ ngục / luyện ngục …
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