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Trad. 檻
  • banister
  • balustrade
  • cage for animal or prisoner
  • to transport caged prisoner on a cart
Trad. 檻
  • door sill
  • threshold
Trad. 闌檻
  • railing
  • fence
  • banisters
Trad. 闌檻
  • see 闌檻|阑槛[lan2 jian4]
Trad. 籠檻
  • cage (for animals)
Trad. 門檻
  • doorstep
  • sill
  • threshold
  • fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
Trad. 檻車
  • cart with cage, used to escort prisoner
Trad. 軒檻
  • railings of a balcony
Trad. 朱雲折檻
  • (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly
  • also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
Trad. 籠鳥檻猿
  • bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
Trad. 踏破門檻
  • to wear out the doorstep (idiom)
  • to crowd at sb's door
Trad. 檻花籠鶴
  • a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
Trad. 雲窗霧檻
  • cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
Trad. 雕楹碧檻
  • carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment

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