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狴犴

Mandarin · pinyin bì àn

(literary) mythical creature resembling a tiger whose image was painted on prison doors
(literary) prison

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(literary, Chinese mythology) legendary tiger-like beast whose image used to be painted on prison doors
(literary, figurative) prison