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Detention vs Laojiao - What's the difference?

detention | laojiao |

As nouns the difference between detention and laojiao

is that detention is detention while laojiao is a system of administrative detentions in the people's republic of china in which penal labour is done for a small salary, generally used to detain people who have committed minor crimes.

detention

English

Noun

(wikipedia detention)
  • (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
  • (countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.

    • Derived terms

    * detention basin * detention home

    laojiao

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia laojiao)
  • A system of administrative detentions in the People's Republic of China in which penal labour is done for a small salary, generally used to detain people who have committed minor crimes.