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楚囚
chǔ​qiú

prisoner

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
楚囚 chǔ​qiú
prisoner
(literary) a prisoner or war captive; refers to someone in extremely difficult or desperate circumstances
a Chu prisoner
(historical) a person from the state of Chu held captive in the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period

Frequency

Written text
0.024 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 南冠楚囚 nán​guān​chǔ​qiú

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)