牢笼 (牢籠)
láo lóng
Pinyin

Definition

牢笼 (牢籠)
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láo lóng
  1. cage
  2. trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals)
  3. fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)
  4. shackles (of past misconceptions)
  5. to trap
  6. to shackle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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

婚姻就像牢笼,看得到外面却摸不到外面。
hūnyīn jiù xiàng láolóng ,kàn de dào wàimian què mō bùdào wàimian 。