套牢
tào láo
Pinyin

Definition

套牢
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tào láo
  1. to immobilize with a lasso
  2. to be trapped in the stock market

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

外套
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
套
tào
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to encase
  3. 3 cover
  4. 4 sheath
  5. 5 to overlap
  6. 6 to interleave
  7. 7 to model after
  8. 8 to copy
  9. 9 formula
  10. 10 harness
  11. 11 loop of rope
  12. 12 (fig.) to fish for
  13. 13 to obtain slyly
  14. 14 classifier for sets, collections
  15. 15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. 16 tau (Greek letter Ττ)
地牢
dì láo
  1. 1 prison
  2. 2 dungeon
套房
tào fáng
  1. 1 suite
  2. 2 apartment
  3. 3 flat
套装
tào zhuāng
  1. 1 outfit or suit (of clothes)
  2. 2 set of coordinated items
  3. 3 kit

Idioms (3)

亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
  1. 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act belatedly
  3. 3 better late than never
  4. 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
满腹牢骚
mǎn fù láo sāo
  1. 1 lit. belly full of complaints (idiom)
  2. 2 discontent
  3. 3 always moaning and complaining
画地为牢
huà dì wéi láo
  1. 1 lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities

Sample Sentences

这几年黄金跌了好几次，都跌很多，害我一直不敢买，怕被套牢。
zhèjǐnián huángjīn diē le hǎo jǐ cì ，dōu diē hěn duō ，hài wǒ yīzhí bùgǎn mǎi ，pà bèi tàoláo 。
Over the past few years gold prices have fallen several times, by quite a large margin each time, so I've not dared buy because I'm scared of being trapped in the stock market.
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套牢？那是买股票才会被套牢，黄金跟股票是不一样的东西，一个是贵金属，一个是数字和纸。
tàoláo ？nà shì mǎi gǔpiào cái huì bèi tàoláo ，huángjīn gēn gǔpiào shì bù yīyàng de dōngxi ，yī gè shì guìjīnshǔ ，yī gè shì shùzì hé zhǐ 。
Trapped? You can only get trapped in the stock market if you buy stocks, gold is not the same as stocks, one is a precious metal, the other is a number on a piece of paper.
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原来如此。可是听说现在市场并不景气，中国的股市也受到影响开始暴跌，如果仅仅抱着投机的心态来炒股，当心被套牢啊。
yuánlái rúcǐ 。kěshì tīngshuō xiànzài shìchǎng bìng bù jǐngqì ，Zhōngguó de gǔshì yě shòudào yǐngxiǎng kāishǐ bàodié ，rúguǒ jǐnjǐn bào zhe tóujī de xīntài lái chǎogǔ ，dāngxīn bèi tàoláo ā 。
So that's how it is. But I've heard that the market really isn't so great these days. The Chinese stock market has also started to plummet. But be careful of getting into speculating with nothing but an opportunistic mindset. You could get locked in when prices are too high!
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