Fish in the pond and birds in the cage
A Chinese idiom, CH í y ú L ó ngni ǎ o, means fish in a pond and birds in a cage. It refers to a person who is bound and loses his freedom. It comes from Qiu Xing Fu by Pan Yue of Jin Dynasty.
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
A person who is not free is now in the state of a fish in a pond and a bird in a cage.
Chinese PinYin : chí yú lóng niǎo
Fish in the pond and birds in the cage
will never forget to the end of one 's days. mò chǐ bù wàng
be cheated but unable to talk about it for one reason or another. chī yǎ bā kuī
A longer dream is a shorter one. gēng cháng mèng duǎn
forsake heresy and return to the truth. fǎn xié guī zhèng