猢狲入布袋
hú​sūn​rù​bù​dài

to submit to discipline reluctantly

  • created sense approved 猢狲入布袋/猢猻入布袋 · hú​sūn​rù​bù​dài · to submit to discipline reluctantly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    猢狲入布袋 / 猢猻入布袋

    hú​sūn​rù​bù​dài

    to submit to discipline reluctantly

    Like a monkey being put in a cloth bag; used as a metaphor for someone with a wild or free-spirited nature being restricted by rules, duties, or discipline

    猢狲 (literal) → 猢狲/猢猻 · hú​sūn · monkey 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter 布袋 (literal) → 布袋 · bù​dài · cloth bag

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

    created sense