狴犴

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Chinese

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(tapir); mythical tiger-like beast jail
trad. (狴犴)
simp. #(狴犴)
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狴犴

  1. (literary, Chinese mythology) legendary tiger-like beast whose image used to be painted on prison doors
  2. (literary, figurative) prison

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