紧箍咒 | jǐn gū zhòu | the Band-tightening Spell (in 西游记 ); a spell or incantation for controlling sb | |
金箍棒 | jīn gū bàng | golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西游记 | |
铁箍 | tiě gū | iron hoop | |
袖箍 | xiù gū | armband | |
箍桶 | gū tǒng | hooped barrel; to handmake a wooden barrel |
1 | He had a towel wound round his head. | |
2 | hooped by hand at the forge's fire. | |
3 | You must reinforce the packing with metal straps. | |
4 | She snapped a rubber band deftly around a roll of bills. | |
5 | Still, like Microsoft, the NBA has found that the toughest hoops in China are in the corridors of power. |