Definition
劳改犯 refers to a person sentenced to reform through labor, a penal system in China from the 1950s until its formal abolition in 2013. The term carries strong historical and political connotations — it describes prisoners who performed forced labor as part of their sentence. In contemporary discourse the term is often associated with the former system of re-education through labor, and its use may be sensitive due to human-rights concerns.
n.
prisoner serving a sentence of reform through laborperson sentenced to labor reform
Examples
- 劳改犯。Nà ge láo gǎi fàn zài nóngchǎng lǐ láodòng le shí nián.That prisoner served ten years of labor reform on the farm.
- 劳改犯。Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎngshù le yí ge láo gǎi fàn de gùshì.This film tells the story of a labor-reform prisoner.
- 劳改犯。Nàxiē láo gǎi fàn bèi gǎizào hòu chóngxīn huí dào le shèhuì.Those labor-reform prisoners were rehabilitated and returned to society.
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