画地为牢 (畫地為牢) huà dì wèi láo

huà dì wèi láo set phrase to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '畫地為牢')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 3 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 14 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1