首枷
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Meanings
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pillory; burden; shackle around one's neck
Literally a wooden frame locked around the neck as punishment; figuratively, a heavy burden or obligation that restricts one's freedom.
Debt has become a burden around my neck, and I can't move freely.
Criminals in the past were put in a pillory and exposed to public shame.
Expressions
- 子は三界の首枷a child is an everlasting responsibility