笼鸟槛猿 / 籠鳥檻猿

lóng​niǎo​jiàn​yuán

prisoner

bird in a basket or monkey in a cage; a metaphor for someone who has lost their freedom

笼 (literal) → 笼/籠 · lóng · cage 鸟 (literal) → 鸟/鳥 · niǎo · bird 槛 (literal) → 槛/檻 · jiàn · cage 猿 (literal) → 猿 · yuán · ape

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM