to restrain; to fetter
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to fetter; to shackle; to constrain
literaryLiterary term, often used metaphorically to describe being bound by rules, traditions, emotions, etc. Conveys a sense of heavy, restrictive control.
Tā他
kě渴
wàng望
bǎi摆
tuō脱
chuán传
tǒng统
guān观
niàn念
de的
jī羁
lè勒
。
He longed to break free from the shackles of traditional ideas.
Tā他
de的
xióng雄
xīn心
zhuàng壮
zhì志
bù不
wéi为
shì世
sú俗
suǒ所
jī羁
lè勒
。
His lofty aspirations are not fettered by worldly conventions.
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Bǎi摆
tuō脱
lǐ礼
jiào教
de的
jī羁
lè勒
。
To free oneself from the fetters of feudal ethical codes.
Xīn心
líng灵
de的
jī羁
lè勒
bǐ比
ròu肉
tǐ体
de的
shù束
fù缚
gèng更
lìng令
rén人
tòng痛
kǔ苦
。
The fetters of the soul are more painful than physical restraints.
Jiù旧
zhì制
dù度
de的
jī羁
lè勒
zhōng终
yú于
bèi被
dǎ打
pò破
le了
。
The shackles of the old system were finally broken.