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lóng

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Definitions

  1. 1. enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc
  2. 2. cage
  3. 3. basket
  4. 4. steamer basket
  5. 5. to cover
  6. 6. to cage
  7. 7. to embrace
  8. 8. to manipulate through trickery

Words Containing 笼

猪笼草
zhū lóng cǎo

tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)

罐笼
guàn lóng

(mining) mine cage

笼头
lóng tou

headstall

笼槛
lóng jiàn

cage (for animals)

笼鸟槛猿
lóng niǎo jiàn yuán

bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner

灯笼鱼
dēng lóng yú

lantern fish

出笼
chū lóng

(of food) to be taken out of the steamer

鸟笼
niǎo lóng

birdcage

灯笼花
dēng lóng huā

Chinese enkianthus

蒸笼
zhēng lóng

steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum)

小笼包
xiǎo lóng bāo

steamed dumpling

睡回笼觉
shuì huí lóng jiào

to go back to sleep (instead of rising up in the morning)

灯笼果
dēng lóng guǒ

cape gooseberry

烘笼
hōng lóng

bamboo drying frame

笼统
lǒng tǒng

general

身陷牢笼
shēn xiàn láo lóng

fallen into a trap

牢笼
láo lóng

cage

大红灯笼高高挂
dà hóng dēng lóng gāo gāo guà

Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[zhāng yì móu]

樊笼
fán lóng

bird cage

小笼汤包
xiǎo lóng tāng bāo

steamed soup dumpling

浸猪笼
jìn zhū lóng

to drown sb in a wicker basket, a form of 沉潭[chén tán]

渔笼
yú lóng

fishing pot (trap)

笼嘴
lóng zuǐ

muzzle (device)

槛花笼鹤
jiàn huā lóng hè

a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner

猪笼
zhū lóng

cylindrical bamboo or wire frame used to constrain a pig during transport

回笼
huí lóng

to steam again

灯笼裤
dēng lóng kù

bloomers

笼鸟
lóng niǎo

a caged bird

笼罩
lǒng zhào

to envelop

蝈蝈笼
guō guō lóng

cage for singing cicada

陷入牢笼
xiàn rù láo lóng

to fall into a trap

纱笼
shā lóng

sarong (loanword)

笼子
lóng zi

cage

灯笼
dēng lóng

lantern

笼络
lǒng luò

to coax

气笼
qì lóng

air pipe

笼屉
lóng tì

bamboo steamer (for buns or dim sum)