jìn gù

禁 锢

Level:

Yu Wen 7

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v.dateddebar from holding office (in feudal times); bar dissidents from politics
- lì dài fēng jiàn tǒng zhì jiē jí dōu jí lì yòng lǐ jiào bǎ fù nǚ jìn gù qǐ lái
  历代封建统治阶级都极力用礼教把妇女禁锢起来。
  All through the feudal ages the ruling class did their best to shackle women with Confucian ethics.
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v.imprison; keep in custody; put behind bars; put in jail
- jìn gù xián fàn
  禁锢嫌犯
  keep prisoners behind bars
- xíng xiōng zhě yǐ bèi dài bǔ bìng jiāng miàn lín fēi fǎ jìn gù zuì de zhǐ kòng
  行凶者已被逮捕，并将面临非法禁锢罪的指控。
  He has been arrested and charged with false imprisonment.
synonym
jiān jìn监禁 qiú jìn囚禁 jū yā拘押
antonym
shì fàng释放
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v.confine; shackle
- zhè xiē chén guī lòu xí chéng le jìn gù rén men de jīng shén jiā suǒ
  这些陈规陋习成了禁锢人们的精神枷锁。
  These outdated rules and regulations have shackled people's minds.
- bǎ xué sheng jìn gù zài xiào mén nèi
  把学生禁锢在校门内
  confine the students to within the campus gate
- bèi jiù xí guàn jìn gù
  被旧习惯禁锢
  be confined by old customs

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