狴犴

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: bi2 ngang6
POJ: pí-ngǎng
Variety: chaozhou

noun: legendary tiger-like beast (painted on prison doors), prison (figurative)
狴犴

Rare literary term with two related senses (mythological beast vs. figurative 'prison') and no indication which is primary.