Tā yīnwèi zhàpiàn ér lángdāng-rùyù, fúxíng wǔ nián.
He was thrown in jail for fraud and served five years.
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锒铛 (lángdāng) originally referred to the clanking sound of iron chains and shackles. The idiom vividly evokes the image of a prisoner being marched off in chains and locked away.
