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枷锁

jiā suǒ

2-character word Traditional 枷鎖

What 枷锁 means

1. stocks and chain
2. in fetters

The characters in 枷锁

• 枷jiācangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock

Example sentences

• 人是生而自由的，但却无往不在枷锁之中。
  Rén shì shēng ér zìyóu de, dàn què wú wǎng bù zài jiāsuǒ zhīzhōng.
  Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.