笼 lóng long lǒng

cage; cage-like basket

HSK 6 #1928

DEFINITIONS

笼 lóng
  • enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc
  • cage
  • basket
  • steamer basket
  • to cover
  • to cage
  • to embrace
  • to manipulate through trickery
笼 lǒng
  • to cover
  • to cage
  • covering
  • also pr. [long2]

STROKES

WORDS

灯笼鱼 dēng lóng yú lantern fish
睡回笼觉 shuì huí lóng jiào to go back to sleep (instead of rising up in the morning); to sleep in
笼嘴 lóng zuǐ muzzle (device)
笼屉 lóng tì bamboo steamer (for buns or dimsum)
笼槛 lóng jiàn cage (for animals)
笼鸟 lóng niǎo a caged bird
笼鸟槛猿 lóng niǎo jiàn yuán bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
罐笼 guàn lóng elevator cage (in mine)
蝈蝈笼 guō guō lóng cage for singing cicada
猪笼 zhū lóng cylindrical bamboo or wire frame used to constrain a pig during transport
猪笼草 zhū lóng cǎo tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
身陷牢笼 shēn xiàn láo lóng fallen into a trap
陷入牢笼 xiàn rù láo lóng to fall into a trap; ensnared
打着灯笼 dǎ zhe dēng lóng holding a lantern; searching painstakingly; metaphorically used to emphasize the importance of finding something
笼罩着 lóng zhào zhe to envelop; to cover; to shroud
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