锒铛入狱 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail
• fig. to be put behind bars
• to get jailed

Character by character

• 锒lángchain, lock; ornament
• 铛dāngfrying pan; warming vessel
• 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
• 狱yùprison, jail; case; lawsuit

Idioms sharing a character

• 鼎铛玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí
• 一拥而入 yī yōng ér rù
• 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
• 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr
• 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
• 先入为主 xiān rù wéi zhǔ
• 入土为安 rù tǔ wéi ān
• 入境问俗 rù jìng wèn sú
• 入情入理 rù qíng rù lǐ
• 入乡随俗 rù xiāng suí sú

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