cage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas); shackles (of past misconceptions); to trap; to shackle
trad. 牢籠
Also written 牢籠【láo lóng】
Characters in this word
2牢
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(literary) pen; fold (for livestock), prison; jail, firm; secure; fast
- Pinyin
- láo
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8644 of 2500
笼
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket, steamer basket
- Pinyin
- lóng
- Traditional
- 籠
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 30118 of 2500