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劳改

勞改
láogǎi
noun #24,093

Meanings

  1. 1 reform through labor
  2. 2 laogai (Chinese labor camp system)

Examples

HSK 5
劳改营制度在中国历史上存在了数十年。
Láogǎi yíng zhìdù zài Zhōngguó lìshǐ shàng cúnzài le shùshí nián.
The labor camp system existed in China for several decades.
HSK 5
历史学家研究了劳改制度对社会的影响。
Lìshǐxuéjiā yánjiū le láogǎi zhìdù duì shèhuì de yǐngxiǎng.
Historians studied the impact of the labor reform system on society.
HSK 6
他被送去劳改，服刑五年。
Tā bèi sòng qù láogǎi, fúxíng wǔ nián.
He was sent to a labor camp and served five years.

Tips

culture
劳改 is short for 劳动改造 (reform through labor), the term used in the PRC from the 1950s for the penal labor of convicted prisoners.
register
劳改 belongs to the history of the penal system. In contemporary Chinese it still refers colloquially to prison labor, though the formal term 监狱 (prison) is more neutral.

Stroke Order

劳 láo
改 gǎi