láo

牢

pen, prison, stable; fast, firm, secure

HSK 3.0 · 6

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牢牢 láo láo firmly; safely HSK 7–9

牢固 láo gù firm; secure HSK 7–9

牢记 láo jì to keep in mind; to remember HSK 7–9

亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly HSK 7–9

牢骚 láo sāo discontent; complaint

Ideographic: A stable 宀 where cattle are kept 牛

Same radical 牛

niú 牛 tè 特

Same sound

lǎo 老 lāo 捞 lào 涝

Also HSK 6

yǔ 与 yú 于 la 啦 rú 如 tóng 同 zuò 作 lìng 另 ma 嘛