fetters and handcuffs; shackles; constraints
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
fetters and handcuffs; figuratively: shackles, restraints, or constraints on people or things
literaryOriginally refers to physical fetters ( shackles for feet and handcuffs for hands). In modern usage, it is almost always used metaphorically to describe spiritual, intellectual, institutional, or social constraints. Highly formal and literary register.
Wǒ我
men们
yào要
dǎ打
pò破
jiù旧
sī思
xiǎng想
de的
zhì桎
gù梏
，
yǒng勇
yú于
chuàng创
xīn新
。
We must break the shackles of old thinking and dare to innovate.
Tā他
zhēng挣
tuō脱
le了
jīng精
shén神
zhì桎
gù梏
，
huò获
dé得
le了
zhēn真
zhèng正
de的
zì自
yóu由
。
He broke free from spiritual fetters and gained true freedom.
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Jiāng僵
huà化
de的
tǐ体
zhì制
yǐ已
chéng成
wéi为
shè社
huì会
fā发
zhǎn展
de的
zhì桎
gù梏
。
The rigid system has become a shackle on social development.
Bǎi摆
tuō脱
fēng封
jiàn建
zhì桎
gù梏
shì是
jìn近
dài代
Zhōng中
guó国
lì历
shǐ史
de的
zhòng重
yào要
zhǔ主
tí题
。
Getting rid of feudal shackles was an important theme in modern Chinese history.