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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
吃牢飯	吃牢饭	[[chi1 lao2fan4]]	/(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)/	451	2
大牢	大牢	[da4 lao2]	/prison/	4074	1
地牢	地牢	[di4 lao2]	/prison/dungeon/	6556	1
釘牢	钉牢	[ding1 lao2]	/to clinch (a nail)/to nail down/	3865	1
盯牢	盯牢	[ding1 lao2]	/to gaze intently at/to scrutinize/	3865	1
蹲大牢	蹲大牢	[dun1 da4 lao2]	/to be behind bars/	4074	1
蹲牢	蹲牢	[dun1 lao2]	/see 蹲大牢[dun1 da4 lao2]/	4074	1
發牢騷	发牢骚	[fa1 lao2 sao1]	/to whine/to be grouchy/	6117	1
畫地為牢	画地为牢	[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]	/lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)/fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities/	5309	1
畫地為獄	画地为狱	[hua4 di4 wei2 yu4]	/see 畫地為牢\|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]/	5309	1
記牢	记牢	[[ji4lao2]]	/to commit to memory/	540	2
堅牢	坚牢	[jian1 lao2]	/strong/firm/	6782	1
監牢	监牢	[jian1 lao2]	/prison/jail/	4696	1
牢	牢	[[lao2]]	/(literary) pen; fold (for livestock)/prison; jail/firm; secure; fast/	157	2
窂	窂	[[lao2]]	/variant of 牢[lao2]/	157	2
牢房	牢房	[lao2 fang2]	/jail cell/prison cell/	6659	1
牢固	牢固	[lao2 gu4]	/firm/secure/	7105	1
牢靠	牢靠	[lao2 kao4]	/firm and solid/robust/reliable/	6931	1
牢牢	牢牢	[lao2 lao2]	/firmly/safely/	6211	1
牢籠	牢笼	[lao2 long2]	/cage/trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals)/fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)/shackles (of past misconceptions)/to trap/to shackle/	5604	1
牢騷	牢骚	[lao2 sao1]	/discontent/complaint/to complain/	5683	1
牢什子	牢什子	[lao2 shi2 zi5]	/variant of 勞什子\|劳什子[lao2 shi2 zi5]/	4481	1
牢實	牢实	[lao2 shi5]	/solid/strong/firm/secure/	2343	1
牢頭	牢头	[lao2 tou2]	/jailer (old)/	2520	1
牢友	牢友	[lao2 you3]	/inmate/cellmate/	4410	1
牢獄	牢狱	[lao2 yu4]	/prison/	6533	1
牢獄之災	牢狱之灾	[lao2 yu4 zhi1 zai1]	/imprisonment/	5014	1
牢子	牢子	[lao2 zi3]	/jailer (old)/	4667	1
牢不可破	牢不可破	[[lao2bu4ke3po4]]	/(idiom) (usu. of sth abstract: an alliance, a conviction etc) unbreakable; rock-solid/	211	2
牢記	牢记	[[lao2ji4]]	/to keep in mind; to remember/	632	2
滿腹牢騷	满腹牢骚	[man3 fu4 lao2 sao1]	/lit. belly full of complaints (idiom)/discontent/always moaning and complaining/	6336	1
身陷牢籠	身陷牢笼	[shen1 xian4 lao2 long2]	/fallen into a trap/	5604	1
身陷牢獄	身陷牢狱	[shen1 xian4 lao2 yu4]	/to go to prison/to be imprisoned/	6297	1
水牢	水牢	[shui3 lao2]	/prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed/	4648	1
太牢	太牢	[tai4 lao2]	/(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)/	2429	1
套牢	套牢	[tao4 lao2]	/to immobilize with a lasso/to be trapped in the stock market/	6300	1
亡羊補牢	亡羊补牢	[wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2]	/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/	6071	1
陷入牢籠	陷入牢笼	[xian4 ru4 lao2 long2]	/to fall into a trap/ensnared/	6565	1
築牢	筑牢	[[zhu4lao2]]	/to fortify; to strengthen; to firmly establish (safeguards, foundations or other abstract things)/	58	2
嘴牢	嘴牢	[zui3 lao2]	/tight-lipped/	4015	1
嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢	嘴上没毛，办事不牢	[zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2]	/a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)/	4558	1
嘴上無毛，辦事不牢	嘴上无毛，办事不牢	[zui3 shang4 wu2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2]	/see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢\|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2]/	4558	1
坐牢	坐牢	[zuo4 lao2]	/to be imprisoned/	5578	1

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