牢
pen, prison, stable; fast, firm, secure; (literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
- Strokes
- 7
- Pinyin
- láo
Parts
Words with 牢
- 嘴牢zuǐ láo · zuilaotight-lipped
- 地牢dì láo · dilaoprison; dungeon
- 坐牢zuò láo · zuolaoto be imprisoned
- 坚牢jiān láo · jianlaostrong; firm
- 大牢dà láo · dalaoprison
- 太牢tài láo · tailao(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
- 套牢tào láo · taolaoto immobilize with a lasso; to be trapped in the stock market
- 水牢shuǐ láo · shuilaoprison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed
- 牢友láo yǒu · laoyouinmate; cellmate
- 牢固láo gù · laogufirm; secure
- 牢子láo zǐ · laozijailer (old)
- 牢实láo shi · laoshisolid; strong; firm
- 牢房láo fáng · laofangjail cell; prison cell
- 牢牢láo láo · laolaofirmly; safely
- 牢狱láo yù · laoyuprison
- 牢笼láo lóng · laolongcage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)
- 牢记láo jì · laojito keep in mind; to remember
- 牢靠láo kào · laokaofirm and solid; robust; reliable
- 牢头láo tóu · laotoujailer (old)
- 牢骚láo sāo · laosaodiscontent; complaint; to complain
- 监牢jiān láo · jianlaoprison; jail
- 盯牢dīng láo · dinglaoto gaze intently at; to scrutinize
- 筑牢zhù láo · zhulaoto fortify; to strengthen; to firmly establish (safeguards, foundations or other abstract things)
- 记牢jì láo · jilaoto commit to memory
- 钉牢dīng láo · dinglaoto clinch (a nail); to nail down
- 吃牢饭chī láo fàn · chilaofan(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)
- 发牢骚fā láo sāo · falaosaoto whine; to be grouchy
- 蹲大牢dūn dà láo · dundalaoto be behind bars
- 亡羊补牢wáng yáng bǔ láo · wangyangbulaolit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never
- 满腹牢骚mǎn fù láo sāo · manfulaosaolit. belly full of complaints (idiom); discontent; always moaning and complaining