连环保liánhuánbǎo〈旧时old〉官府统治人民的一种手段,把住在一起的几个人或几户人家组织起来,强迫他们相互监督,如果一人或一家出事,其余各人或各家都得连带负责。{chain of responsibility; means used by the government in old China to exercise its rule over the people, by which people or households in a neighbourhood were organized and compelled to keep a watch on each other: If one person or one household offended the law, all other people or households were held jointly responsible for the offence.}