羁绊 (jī bàn) — to hinder, to restrain, to tie down (used in formal/literary contexts)
Definition
Literary/formal verb meaning to hinder or bind (people or progress). Stronger and more abstract than 束缚, and used mostly in writing rather than everyday speech.
verb
to hinderto restrainto tie down (used in formal/literary contexts)
Examples
- 羁绊，。Tā bù xiǎng bèi jiā tíng jī bàn, jué dìng qù guó wài fā zhǎn.He didn't want to be tied down by family, so he decided to go abroad for development.
- 羁绊。Zhè xiē chuán tǒng guān niàn jī bàn le shè huì de fā zhǎn.These traditional concepts have hindered the development of society.
- 羁绊，。Tā zhōng yú bǎi tuō le guò qù de jī bàn, kāi shǐ le xīn shēng huó.She finally broke free from the bonds of the past and started a new life.
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