láo lóng

Traditional: 牢籠

牢笼 (láo lóng) is a Chinese word meaning “cage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 牢笼

牢láo · (literary) pen; fold (for livestock)笼lóng · enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket

Related words

坐牢to be imprisoned牢(literary) pen; fold (for livestock)牢房jail cell笼子cage; basket; container笼子large box; trunk; chest牢牢firmly地牢prison笼罩to envelop牢狱prison大牢prison发牢骚to whine笼enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket

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