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枷锁

枷鎖
jiāsuǒ
noun #15,391

Meanings

  1. 1 shackles; fetters
  2. 2 chains (literal and figurative)

Examples

她终于挣脱了旧观念的枷锁。
Tā zhōngyú zhēngtuō le jiù guānniàn de jiāsuǒ.
She finally broke free from the shackles of old ideas.
封建礼教是束缚女性的枷锁。
Fēngjiàn lǐjiào shì shùfù nǚxìng de jiāsuǒ.
Feudal moral codes were shackles that bound women.

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history
枷 is a wooden cangue (board locked around a prisoner's neck) and 锁 is a metal lock/chain. Together they represent punishment instruments from imperial China. Now overwhelmingly used figuratively for any oppressive constraint.

Stroke Order

枷 jiā
锁 suǒ