Keyword
prison
- pen
- stable
- fast
- firm
- secure
- Frequency
- #1667
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
láo
Mnemonic
A stable 宀 where cattle are kept 牛
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
坐牢
to be imprisoned
牢
(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
牢固
firm; secure
牢房
jail cell; prison cell
牢记
to keep in mind; to remember
牢牢
firmly; safely
牢狱
prison
发牢骚
to whine; to be grouchy
地牢
prison; dungeon
牢笼
cage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas); shackles (of past misconceptions); to trap; to shackle
大牢
prison
监牢
prison; jail
牢骚
discontent; complaint; to complain
牢狱之灾
imprisonment
牢靠
firm and solid; robust; reliable
套牢
to immobilize with a lasso; to be trapped in the stock market
牢不可破
(idiom) (usu. of sth abstract: an alliance, a conviction etc) unbreakable; rock-solid
亡羊补牢
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
水牢
prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed
画地为牢
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom); fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
坚牢
strong; firm
钉牢
to clinch (a nail); to nail down
记牢
to commit to memory
满腹牢骚
lit. belly full of complaints (idiom); discontent; always moaning and complaining