Fish in a cage
Cage birds and fish in the pond, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ó ngni ǎ oshiy ú, which means a bird in a cage and a fish in a pond; it refers to a person trapped and deprived of freedom. It comes from Qiu Xing Fu.
The origin of Idioms
"It's like a fish in a pond and a bird in a cage," says Pan Yue of Jin Dynasty
Idiom usage
For example, caged birds and pond fish have their own thoughts. The Southern Dynasty, Liang and Pei ziye
Fish in a cage
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