Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「籠中之鳥」, with more below.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「籠中之鳥」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
It is a metaphor for a person who is trapped and not free, and also a metaphor for an enemy who is easy to capture.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lóng zhōng zhī niǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lung4 jung3/jung1 ji1 niu5
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