牢笼

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

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) bonds; shackles
  2. (figuratively) trick; snare; trap
  3. bonds; shackles
  4. cage or trap for catching animals
  5. to trap; to shackle; to bind
  6. trick; snare; trap

Wiktionary

  1. 关鸟兽动物的器具。也作「劳龙」。
  2. 引申为涵盖、包括。《文选．左思．魏都赋》：「经始之制，牢笼百王。」唐．柳宗元〈愚溪诗序〉：「予虽不合于俗，亦颇以文墨自慰，漱涤万物，牢笼百态，而无所避之。」也作「劳笼」。
  3. 比喻束缚、控制。
  4. 骗人的圈套。
  5. 笼络。
  6. 掩盖、盖过。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 牢 láo
  1. firm
  2. sturdy
  3. fold (for animals)
  4. sacrifice
  5. prison
2 笼 lóng
  1. enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket
  2. steamer basket

Containing this entry

身陷牢笼 shēnxiànláolóng fallen into a trap
陷入牢笼 xiànrùláolóng
  1. to fall into a trap
  2. ensnared

Related entries

柙 xiá
  1. cage
  2. pen
  3. scabbard
笼槛 lóngjiàn cage (for animals)
存水弯 cúnshuǐwān
  1. trap (plumbing)
  2. U-bend
捉捕器 zhuōbǔqì trap (for animals etc)
擭 huò trap
天罗地网 tiānluódìwǎng
  1. inescapable net (idiom)
  2. trap
  3. dragnet
弇 yǎn
  1. to cover
  2. trap
阱 jǐng
  1. pitfall
  2. trap
陷 xiàn
  1. pitfall
  2. trap
  3. to get stuck
  4. to sink
  5. to cave in
  6. to frame (false charge)
  7. to capture (a city in battle)
  8. to fall (to the enemy)
  9. defect
這輛車陷在泥裡了。

The car got stuck in the mud.

Source: Tatoeba

陷阱 xiànjǐng
  1. pitfall
  2. snare
  3. trap
你認為它是陷阱嗎？

Do you think it's a trap?

Source: Tatoeba

桎梏 zhìgù (literary) shackles
铐 kào
  1. shackles
  2. fetters
  3. manacle
把他铐上。

Cuff him.

Source: Tatoeba

锒铛 lángdāng
  1. iron chains
  2. shackles
  3. (onom.) clank
锁链 suǒliàn
  1. chains
  2. shackles
枷销 jiāxiāo
  1. yoke
  2. chains
  3. shackles
  4. fetters
镣 liào
  1. fetters
  2. leg-irons
  3. shackles
械 xiè
  1. appliance
  2. tool
  3. weapon
  4. shackles
  5. also pr. jiè
禁锢 jìngù
  1. to confine
  2. to imprison
  3. prohibition
  4. shackles
  5. fetters
困 kùn
  1. to trap
  2. to surround
  3. hard-pressed
  4. stranded
  5. destitute
你困吗？

Are you tired?

Are you sleepy?

Source: Tatoeba

坑害 kēnghài
  1. to trap
  2. to frame
饵敌 ěrdí
  1. to lure the enemy
  2. to trap