柙

xiá
  1. cage
  2. pen
  3. scabbard

CEDICT

  1. Same as 匣 (xiá).
  2. cage
  3. pen for wild animals

Wiktionary

  1. 關獸畜的檻籠。
  2. 箱子。
  3. 將犯人關在囚車押送。

重編國語辭典

Related entries

牢籠 láolóng
  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
人获得自由，究竟意味着什么？难道就是从一个牢笼里巧妙地逃出来，其实只是置身于另一个更大的牢笼。

What does obtaining freedom really mean? It may seem like cleverly escaping out of a cage, but one just ends up in another bigger cage.

Source: Tatoeba

籠檻 lóngjiàn cage (for animals)
欄圈 lánquān
  1. pen
  2. animal yard
筆桿子 bǐgǎnzi
  1. pen
  2. an effective writer
筆桿 bǐgǎn
  1. the shaft of a pen or writing brush
  2. (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿 shuǎbǐgǎn and 搖筆桿 yáobǐgǎn)
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