Usage of the character 甕
wèng
瓮
[甕]
- pottery container for water, wine etc
Wèng
瓮
[甕]
- surname Weng
wèngguān
瓮棺
[甕棺]
- funerary urn
wèngcài
瓮菜
[甕菜]
- variant of 蕹菜 (wèngcài)
wèngchéng
瓮城
[甕城]
- enceinte of a city gate
- barbican entrance to a city
Wèng'ān
瓮安
[甕安]
- Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 ( Qiánnánzhōu), Guizhou
wèngguānzàng
瓮棺葬
[甕棺葬]
- urn burial
Wèng'ānxiàn
瓮安县
[甕安縣]
- Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 ( Qiánnánzhōu), Guizhou
wèngshēngwèngqì
瓮声瓮气
[甕聲甕氣]
- to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
wèngzhōngzhībiē
瓮中之鳖
[甕中之鱉]
- lit. like a turtle in a jar
- to be trapped (idiom)
pénghùwèngyǒu
蓬户瓮牖
[蓬戶甕牖]
- thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house
- humble home
qǐngjūnrùwèng
请君入瓮
[請君入甕]
- lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)
- fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
wèngzhōng-zhuōbiē
瓮中捉鳖
[甕中捉鱉]
- lit. to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom)
- fig. to go after easy prey
hǎojiǔchénwèngdǐ
好酒沉瓮底
[好酒沉甕底]
- lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
- fig. the best is saved for last