越狱 (yuè yù) — to escape from prison; to break out of jail
Definition
越狱 means to break out of prison — used as a verb (e.g. 越狱犯 'escaped convict') and in set phrases like 计划越狱 'to plan a prison break'. Don't confuse with the surname 越 or 越…越… 'the more…the more'.
verb
to escape from prisonto break out of jail
Examples
- 越狱。Nà ge fàn rén zuó tiān cóng jiān yù lǐ yuè yù le.That prisoner escaped from the prison yesterday.
- ，。Tā yuè le liǎng cì yù, zuì hòu dōu bèi zhuā le huí lái.He broke out of jail twice, but was caught and brought back each time.
- 越狱。Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng de shì yì qún rén jì huà yuè yù de gù shi.This movie tells the story of a group of people planning a prison break.
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