铁窗

鐵窗

tiěchuāng

noun #23,762

Meanings

HSK 5

他在铁窗后度过了漫长的岁月。

Tā zài tiěchuāng hòu dùguò le màncháng de suìyuè.

He spent long years behind prison bars.

HSK 7-9

铁窗生活让他深刻反省了自己的过去。

Tiěchuāng shēnghuó ràng tā shēnkè fǎnxǐng le zìjǐ de guòqù.

Life in prison made him deeply reflect on his past.

铁窗 is a literary/euphemistic term for prison or imprisonment. 铁窗生活 (life behind iron bars) is a set phrase referring to prison life.

memory

铁 (iron) + 窗 (window) = the iron-barred window of a prison cell - a vivid image for confinement.

铁 tiě

窗 chuāng