緊箍咒

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Chinese

tight; nervous; strict hoop; bind with hoops put a curse on
trad. (緊箍咒)
simp. (紧箍咒)
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緊箍咒

  1. band-tightening spellrecited by the monk Tang Sanzang in the classical novel Journey to the West, which causes the headband worn by Sun Wukong to contract to give Sun Wukong unbearable pain
  2. (figurative) something used as a device of inhibition; spell or incantation used to control someone; something that is used to control or restrain another