桎梏 zhìgù shackles Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 桎梏 zhìgù shackles (literary) ancient instruments of punishment, such as fetters and handcuffs; leg irons and manacles; (figurative) something that restrains people or hinders development, such as a mental or social constraint; chains; bonds Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.02 per million Cross-References Synonym 枷锁 jiāsuǒ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
桎梏 zhìgù shackles (literary) ancient instruments of punishment, such as fetters and handcuffs; leg irons and manacles; (figurative) something that restrains people or hinders development, such as a mental or social constraint; chains; bonds Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.02 per million Cross-References Synonym 枷锁 jiāsuǒ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)