牢 láo

1. láo adjective secure
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牢' 5, p. 255; Unihan '牢')
2. láo noun prison
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '牢'; Guoyu '牢' n 2; Kroll 2015 '牢' 3, p. 255; Unihan '牢')
3. láo noun stable; pen
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, the idiom, 亡羊补牢 'fix the pen after the sheep have escaped' (CC-CEDICT '牢'; CCI '亡羊补牢', pp. 65-66; Guoyu '牢' n 1; Kroll 2015 '牢' 1, p. 255; Unihan '牢')
4. láo verb to enclose; to cage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牢' 1a, p. 255)
5. láo noun sacrificial animals
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '牢'; Guoyu '牢' n 3; Kroll 2015 '牢' 2, p. 255)
6. láo noun granary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牢' 4, p. 255)
7. lóu verb to knead dough
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牢' lóu, p. 255)
8. láo proper noun Lao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '牢' n 4)

Contained in

• 嘴上没毛，办事不牢(嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢) a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon
• 套牢 to immobilize with a lasso; to be trapped in the stock market
• 画地为牢(畫地為牢) to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground
• 钉牢(釘牢) to clinch (a nail); to nail down
• 水牢 prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed
• 牢牢 firmly; safely
• 监牢(監牢) prison; jail
• 牢子 jailer
• 牢房 jail cell; prison cell
• 吃牢饭(吃牢飯) to do prison time
• 牢固 firm; secure ; resolute; certain
• 牢友 inmate; cellmate
• 坚牢(堅牢) strong; firm
• 牢狱(牢獄) prison; jail
• 发牢骚(發牢騷) to whine; to be grouchy
• 牢靠妥当(牢靠妥當) reliable; solid and dependable
• 地牢 prison; dungeon
• 满腹牢骚(滿腹牢騷) belly full of complaints; discontent; always moaning and complaining
• 牢笼(牢籠) cage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas); shackles (of past misconceptions); to trap; to shackle
• 嘴牢 tight-lipped
• 牢记(牢記) to remember something clearly
• 盯牢 to gaze intently at; to scrutinize
• 坐牢 to be imprisoned
• 蹲大牢 to be behind bars
• 牢狱之灾(牢獄之災) imprisonment
• 牢头(牢頭) jailer
• 身陷牢笼(身陷牢籠) fallen into a trap
• 牢不可破 so stubborn that it cannot be changed
• 牢实(牢實) solid; strong; firm; secure
• 陷入牢笼(陷入牢籠) to fall into a trap; ensnared
• 嘴上无毛，办事不牢(嘴上無毛，辦事不牢) a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon
• 牢靠 firm and solid; robust; reliable
• 亡羊补牢(亡羊補牢) to fix the pen after the sheep have escaped; too late to solve the problem
• 天牢 a prison with no sunlight ; very steep terrain
• 牢骚(牢騷) discontent
• 大牢 prison
• 牢不可拔 so secure that it cannot be pulled out; so stubborn that it cannot be changed
• 太牢 (in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
• 身陷牢狱(身陷牢獄) to go to prison; to be imprisoned

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牢山

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Truncated for common words

• 卷八十四 列傳第五十四 王恭 庾楷 劉牢之 殷仲堪 楊佺期 Volume 84 Biographies 54: Wang Gong; Yu Kai; Liu Laozhi; Yin Zhongkan; Yang Quanqi Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 74
• 卷九十五 列傳第五十五 索虜 Volume 95 Biographies 55: Suo Lu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 26
• 第四十九回 Chapter 49 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 25
• 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 25
• 卷97 島夷桓玄 海夷馮跋 島夷劉裕 Volume 97: Huan Xuan of the Daoyi People, Feng Ba of the Haiyi, Liu Yu of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21
• 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 19
• 卷四十七 列傳第七 趙倫之 王懿 張邵 Volume 47 Biographies 7: Liu Huaisu, Wang Yi, Zhang Shao Book of Song 宋書 — count: 19
• 第三十回 Chapter 30 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 18
• 卷96 司馬叡列傳 賨李雄列傳 Volume 96: Biography of Sima Rui, Biography of Cong Lixiong Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 18
• 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 17

Collocations

• 虎牢 (虎牢) 自虎牢以東 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 20
• 少牢 (少牢) 殷以少牢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 15
• 牢具 (牢具) 遣車視牢具 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 15
• 一牢 (一牢) 饪一牢 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 10
• 牢礼 (牢禮) 而使鞅從其牢禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
• 百牢 (百牢) 吳來徵百牢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 8
• 五牢 (五牢) 大夫五介五牢 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 8
• 虫牢 (蟲牢) 同盟于蟲牢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 7
• 七牢 (七牢) 饋七牢焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 死牢 (死牢) 禾视死牢 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 5