天牢 tiānláo

  1. tiānláo noun a prison with no sunlight
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '天牢' 1)
  2. tiānláo noun very steep terrain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For examle in the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 8 (retranslated from tr. by Giles 1910, p. 85; Guoyu '天牢' 2)

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