to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
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