束缚 | shù fù | to bind; to restrict; to tie; to commit; fetters | |
作茧自缚 | zuò jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard | |
绑缚 | bǎng fù | to tie up; to bind; to tether; bondage (BDSM) | |
捆缚 | kǔn fù | bondage | |
缚手缚脚 | fù shǒu fù jiǎo | to have too many constraints; to be unable to act freely (idiom) |
1 | Love one another, but make not a bond of love. | |
2 | The police tied the criminal's hands together, restraining his movement. | |
3 | The power of love cannot be bound and requires a space of freedom to grow. |