zhì

literary
noun

Meaning of 桎梏

桎梏 means fetters and handcuffs; figuratively: shackles, restraints, or constraints on people or things. Pronounced zhì gù.

  • fetters and handcuffs; figuratively: shackles, restraints, or constraints on people or things

Definitions & Examples

men
yào
jiù
xiǎng
de
zhì
 
yǒng
chuàng
xīn
 

We must break the shackles of old thinking and dare to innovate.

zhēng
tuō
le
jīng
shén
zhì
 
huò
le
zhēn
zhèng
de
yóu
 

He broke free from spiritual fetters and gained true freedom.

Jiāng
huà
de
zhì
chéng
wéi
shè
huì
zhǎn
de
zhì
 

The rigid system has become a shackle on social development.

Bǎi
tuō
fēng
jiàn
zhì
shì
jìn
dài
Zhōng
guó
shǐ
de
zhòng
yào
zhǔ
 

Getting rid of feudal shackles was an important theme in modern Chinese history.