Common Meanings
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léi缧
Ropes or fetters used to bind criminals.
他身陷缧绁，饱受折磨。
He was held in fetters and suffered greatly.
Refers to ropes or cords, or to the act of binding or tying. Often used metaphorically to describe being restrained or imprisoned, as in '缧绁' (chains/imprisonment).
世俗的烦恼常常将人缧系住。
Worldly worries often bind people.