圈 套

quāntào

“Trap” in Chinese is 圈套 (quāntào).

Meaning

trap; snare; trick

Example

雅妮像中了圈套的狼一样惊慌

Yanni panicked like a wolf in a snare.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

quānHSK 411 strokesto confine tàoHSK 210 strokesto cover

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