牢
láo
Pinyin

Definition

牢
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láo
  1. firm
  2. sturdy
  3. fold (for animals)
  4. sacrifice
  5. prison

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牢
láo
  1. 1 firm
  2. 2 sturdy
  3. 3 fold (for animals)
  4. 4 sacrifice
  5. 5 prison
牢牢
láo láo
  1. 1 firmly
  2. 2 safely
牢记
láo jì
  1. 1 to keep in mind
  2. 2 to remember
牢骚
láo sāo
  1. 1 discontent
  2. 2 complaint
  3. 3 to complain
地牢
dì láo
  1. 1 prison
  2. 2 dungeon

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

为了和平，我们要牢固树立人类命运共同体意识。偏见和歧视、仇恨和战争，只会带来灾难和痛苦。相互尊重、平等相处、和平发展、共同繁荣，才是人间正道，世界各国应该共同维护以联合国宪章宗旨和原则为核心的国际秩序和国际体系，积极构建以合作共赢为核心的新型国际关系共同推进世界和平与发展的崇高事业。
wèile hépíng ，wǒmen yào láogù shùlì rénlèi mìngyùn gòngtóngtǐ yìshi 。piānjiàn hé qíshì 、chóuhèn hé zhànzhēng ，zhī huì dàilái zāinàn hé tòngkǔ 。xiānghù zūnzhòng 、píngděng xiāngchǔ 、hépíng fāzhǎn 、gòngtóng fánróng ，cái shì rénjiān zhèngdào ，shìjiègèguó yīnggāi gòngtóng wéihù yǐ Liánhéguó xiànzhāng zōngzhǐ hé yuánzé wèi héxīn de guójì zhìxù hé guójì tǐxì ，jījí gòujiàn yǐ to collaborate gòngyíng wèi héxīn de xīnxíng guójì guānxi gòngtóng tuījìn shìjiè hépíng yǔ fāzhǎn de chónggāo shìyè 。
For peace, we have to securely establish an awareness of a community of destiny among humanity. Prejudice and discrimination, hostility and war, they only bring disaster and pain. Mutual respect, treating one another as equals, peaceful development, prospering together, this is the true path for humanity. Each country in the world should uphold the objectives and principles enshrined in the United Nations charter as the core tenets of international order and the international system, to proactively construct new international relations with win-win cooperation at its core, to continue to carry forward the sublime undertaking that is world peace and development.
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将士是人民的子弟兵，全军将士要牢记，全心全意为人民服务的根本宗旨，忠实履行保卫祖国安全和人民和平生活的神圣职责忠实执行维护世界和平的神圣使命。我宣布，中国将裁减军队员额三十万。
jiàngshì shì rénmín de zǐdì bīng ，quán jūn jiàngshì yào láo jì ，quánxīnquányì wèi rénmín fúwù de gēnběn zōngzhǐ ，zhōngshí lǚxíng bǎowèi zǔguó ānquán hé rénmín hépíng shēnghuó de shénshèng zhízé zhōngshí zhíxíng wéihù shìjiè hépíng de shénshèng shǐmìng 。wǒ xuānbù ，Zhōngguó jiāng cáijiǎn jūnduì yuáné sān shíwàn 。
China’s People’s Liberation Army are the offspring of the people, the officers and soldiers of the entire army should remember the fundamental objective of serving the people with all their hearts and minds, loyally carrying out the sacred duty of safeguarding the security of the land of our ancestors and peaceful lives for the people, loyally carrying out the sacred mission of maintaining wold peace. I declare that China will reduce its army numbers by 300,000.
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你这个当爸爸的，平时多带他出去亲近一下自然，别等以后真近视了才想着亡羊补牢！
nǐ zhège dāng bàba de ，píngshí duō dài tā chūqù qīnjìn yīxià zìrán ，bié děng yǐhòu zhēn jìnshì le cái xiǎng zhe wángyángbǔláo ！
As his father you should take him out more often to get close to nature, don't wait for nearsightedness to happen then take measures.
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跟上班比起来，坐牢好多了，不用工作、有人帮你洗衣服、早睡早起，最重要的是，不用听老板啰嗦！
gēn shàngbān bǐqǐlai ，zuòláo hǎo duōle ，bùyòng gōngzuò 、yǒurén bāng nǐ xǐyīfu 、zǎo shuì zǎoqǐ ，zuì zhòngyào de shì ，bùyòng tīng lǎobǎn luōsuo ！
Compared to going to work, going to prison is way better. You don't need to work, there are people that wash your clothes, you keep to early hours and most importantly, you don't need to listen to your boss nagging.
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她在牢里。
tā zài láo lǐ 。
She's in jail.
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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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谁说我要跑？跟你走就跟你走，吃个几年牢饭，出来又是一条好汉，再说，你可不一定关得了我。
shéi shuō wǒ yào pǎo ？gēn nǐ zǒu jiù gēn nǐ zǒu ，chī ge jǐnián láofàn ，chūlái yòu shì yì tiáo hǎohàn ，zài shuō ，nǐ kě bù yídìng guān dé liǎo wǒ 。
Who said I was going to run? If you want me to go with you, I'll go with you, then after a few years of prison food, then I'll be set free again, a new man, and that's if you can even put me away in the first place.
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我们一定要牢记安全准则，以免出事故。
wǒmen yīdìng yào láojì ānquán zhǔnzé ，yǐmiǎn chū shìgù 。
We must keep in mind the safetly standards, lest there be an accident.
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雇佣童工？这个说法太严重了。雇佣童工可是犯法，要坐牢的。要是知道的话，肯定不会叫他干活了。而且他父母叫他干活也不会付他工钱。
gùyōng tóng gōng ？zhè ge shuōfa tài yánzhòng le 。gùyōng tóng gōng kěshì fànfǎ ，yào zuòláo de 。yàoshì zhīdào dehuà ，kěndìng bùhuì jiào tā gànhuó le 。érqiě tā fùmǔ jiào tā gànhuó yě bùhuì fù tā gōngqián 。
Child labor? That's a pretty serious way of putting it. Child labor is against the law. You'll go to prison for it. If they knew that, they definitely wouldn't have him work. Also, if his parents have him work they aren't going to pay him.
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