牢笼 (牢籠)
láo lóng
Pinyin
Definition
牢笼 (牢籠)
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- cage
- trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals)
- fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)
- shackles (of past misconceptions)
- to trap
- to shackle
Character Decomposition
Idioms (3)
亡羊补牢
- 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
- 2 fig. to act belatedly
- 3 better late than never
- 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
满腹牢骚
- 1 lit. belly full of complaints (idiom)
- 2 discontent
- 3 always moaning and complaining
画地为牢
- 1 lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)
- 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。