枷锁

枷锁 [jiā suǒ]

1. ■ （比喻所受的压迫和束缚） yoke; chains; shackles; fetters:

精神枷锁 spiritual shackles;

摆脱枷锁 throw [cast; fling; shake] off the yoke;

挣脱奴隶制的枷锁 break the chains of slavery;

他们被因袭主义的枷锁所束缚。 They were bound up in fetters of conventionalism.

教育的目的在于解除思想的枷锁。 Education aims at removing fetters from the mind.