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English

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

Examples

• 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.

  Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY