Definitions
(verb)
to bind; to bundle; to control
(noun)
bundle; bunch
Etymology
Pictograph of a bag tied at both ends.
About
束 originated as a pictograph of a bag tied at both ends, representing something bound together. This literal sense of a tied bundle survives when the character is used as a noun or measure word, for instance with flowers. The meaning then extended to the physical act of binding or tying tightly, and later developed abstract connotations of restraining, restricting, or keeping someone or something within strict limits.
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比赛结束了。
她买了一束花。
光束很明亮。
不要束缚孩子。
他结束了演讲。
这束花很漂亮。
束缚思想是危险的。
结束工作后，我去了超市。
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