牢狱之灾 láoyùzhīzāi imprisonment Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 牢狱 牢獄 láoyù prison prison; jail之 zhī particle [possessive] Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.灾 災 zāi misfortune (bound form) adversity; bad luck; misfortune