坐牢
to serve a prison sentence
- Pinyin
- zuòláo
- Strokes
- 14
- In episodes
- 1
Stroke order for 坐牢
坐牢 is written with 14 strokes (坐: 7, 牢: 7). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
Literally "sit jail" — the everyday spoken verb, more common than 入狱.
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先说结果：有一些人已经被法院判了要坐牢，可是他们没有去坐牢。
Start with the outcome: some people had already been sentenced by a court to go to prison, and they did not go.
Berlin Had Sixteen Months to Switch Envelopes. The New Ones Ran Out in Two Weeks, and People Due in Prison Stayed Home.
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