a bird in a cage

a bird in a cage

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ni ǎ or ù f á NL ó ng, which means to compare the situation of not freedom. The bird entered the cage. It's like falling into a trap. It comes from Shan Bian duo Shu.

Analysis of Idioms

To throw oneself into a trap

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

Examples

After three years in the Song Dynasty, I have been living like a year in a cage. I have little fun. Today I can't get a cloth. Every time I think about this, I feel heartbroken. (7) Ren Chongyue's "empress Li Zhu"

The origin of Idioms

The third fold of Shang Zhongxian's "single whip seizing the shield" in Yuan Dynasty: "it's just like a fish drilling into the wire mesh and a bird rushing into the cage."