wèng zhōng zhī biē

Traditional: 甕中之鱉

瓮中之鳖 (wèng zhōng zhī biē) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. like a turtle in a jar
  2. 2to be trapped (idiom)

Characters in 瓮中之鳖

瓮wèng · pottery container for water, wine etc中zhōng · within; among; in之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])鳖biē · softshell turtle

Related words

中within; among; in中to hit (a target)中(bound form) China; Chinese之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid其中among中心center; heart; core之一one of (sth)高中senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])高中to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)

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