Chinese word dictionary

坐牢

zuò láo · to be imprisoned

Word information

Simplified坐牢
Traditional坐牢
Pinyinzuò láo
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 坐牢

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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