画地为牢

画地为牢
huàdì-wéiláo
[restrict sb.'s activities to a designated area or sphere by drawing a circle on the ground as a prison] 上古时民情淳厚, 对有罪的人, 只须在地上画个圈, 让人立于圈内作为惩罚。 现用来比喻只准在指定范围内活动

故士有画地为牢, 势不可入, 削木为吏, 议不可对, 定计于鲜也。 --汉·司马迁《报任少卿书》


Advanced Chinese dictionary. 2013.

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