铁窗 (tiě chuāng) — barred window; window with iron grating; prison (by metonymy); prison life
Definition
Literally 'iron window' (the barred window itself). By metonymy it stands for prison and the life lived there — used in writing, not everyday speech about jail.
noun
barred windowwindow with iron gratingprison (by metonymy)prison life
Measure word · 扇
Examples
- 铁窗。Zhè dòng lǎo fáng zi de tiě chuāng yǐ jīng shēng xiù le.The barred windows of this old house have already rusted.
- 铁窗。Tā zài tiě chuāng zhōng dù guò le shí nián.He spent ten years in prison.
- 铁窗。Zuò jiā miáo xiě le tiě chuāng shēng huó de jiān kǔ.The writer described the hardships of prison life.
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