笼鸟槛猿

Traditional form:

籠鳥檻猿

Pinyin (reading):

lóngniǎojiànyuán

Definitions:

• bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner

Characters:

• 笼 - basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
• 鸟 - bird
• 槛 - threshold, door frame
• 猿 - ape

Traditional characters:

• 籠 - basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
• 鳥 - bird
• 檻 - threshold, door frame
• 猿 - ape