縛

to bind / to tie / Taiwan pr. [fu2]

to state to, to announce

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

to bind / to restrict / to tie / to commit / fetters

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard

lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom) / fig. weak / unaccustomed to physical work

bondage

strappado bondage

palm fiber / rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)

to tie up / to bind / to tether / bondage (BDSM)

to bind oneself hand and foot

to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard