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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
坐牢 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
坐牢 ＝ 坐 ＋ 牢
ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄠˊ · zuòláo
verb — to be in prison; to serve time

字源 FORM — what the parts do

坐to sit (坐下)zuò
牢prison; pen (監牢)láoa pen 宀 over a penned animal 牛
坐牢，坐下的坐，監牢的牢。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

關進牢（牢）裡，整天坐著（坐）等刑期過完。
Shut in the cell (牢), sitting (坐) the days out until the sentence is done.
記憶法
關 · Related
監獄jiānyùthe prison itself — where one 坐牢服刑fúxíngto serve a sentence — the formal word