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简铁窗 · 繁鐵窗

Mandarin · pinyin tiě chuāng

window with an iron grating (apartment etc)
barred window of a prison cell

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窗: chuāng · window
铁: tiě · iron; strong, solid, firm

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3–1 · tie3 chuang1

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noun

window with iron grating
(metonymic) prison; jail

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