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瓮中之鳖

wèng zhōng zhī biē

4-character word Traditional 甕中之鱉

What 瓮中之鳖 means

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

The characters in 瓮中之鳖

• 瓮wèngpottery container for water, wine etc
• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle

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