汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 文字狱
文字狱 (文字獄)
literary inquisition / official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
中国封建帝王以臣下和文人的奏章、书札、作品中的片言只语为罪名进行镇压的冤狱。明太祖和清康熙、雍正、乾隆三帝曾大兴文字狱。
wén () yù
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

很少触及文字,更何况在我的生活中也发生了“文字狱”。

Rarely touched the text, let alone in my life have taken place in the "literary inquisition."

清朝“文字狱”是我国封建时代思想专制统治发展的鼎峰时期。

The period of literary inquisition in the Qing Dynasty was the heyday of development of feudal autocratic domination.

然而,在“文字狱”猖獗横行的康乾时代,面对残酷的镇压,人们普遍噤若寒蝉,蒲氏的刺贪讽世的创作愈发显出勇气和胆识。

Faced with the brutal oppression, most people kept silent, save Pu Songling, whose literary creation revealed his courage through his sarcasm of the corrupt officials and the reality.