池鱼笼鸟
chí​yú​lóng​niǎo

fish in a pond or a bird in a cage

  • created sense approved 池鱼笼鸟/池魚籠鳥 · chí​yú​lóng​niǎo · fish in a pond or a bird in a cage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    池鱼笼鸟 / 池魚籠鳥

    chí​yú​lóng​niǎo

    fish in a pond or a bird in a cage

    A fish in a pond or a bird in a cage; used to describe someone who has lost their freedom or is held in captivity.

    池 (literal) → 池 · chí · pond 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 笼鸟 (literal) → 笼鸟/籠鳥 · lóng​niǎo · caged bird

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense