Trapped in a trap

Trapped in a trap

Trapped in a long, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à NY ú L é IXI è, meaning to be put in prison. It comes from the 41st chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

Notes on Idioms

A rope that binds a prisoner. To be put in prison.

The origin of Idioms

The 41st chapter of the complete story of the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "if the second brothers had not saved the boat, we would have been trapped."

Idiom usage

To be put in prison