瓮中之鳖 — Chinese idiom
瓮中之鳖
wèng zhōng zhī biē
Traditional: 甕中之鱉
Meaning
- lit. like a turtle in a jar
- to be trapped
Character by character
- 瓮wèngurn, earthen jar
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 鳖biēturtle
Idioms sharing a character
- 瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē
- 瓮声瓮气 wèng shēng wèng qì
- 蓬户瓮牖 péng hù wèng yǒu
- 请君入瓮 qǐng jūn rù wèng
- 一矢中的 yī shǐ zhòng dì
- 一语中的 yī yǔ zhòng dì
- 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
- 中西合璧 Zhōng Xī hé bì
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
- 切中时弊 qiè zhòng shí bì
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