铁窗

鐵窗

tiěchuāng

noun #23,762

Meanings

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.

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