Usage of the character 鱉
biē
鳖
[鱉]
- freshwater soft-shelled turtle
biējiǎ
鳖甲
[鱉甲]
- turtle shell
dìbiē
地鳖
[地鱉]
- Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis), used in TCM
bānbiē
斑鳖
[斑鱉]
- Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species
biēqún
鳖裙
[鱉裙]
- calipash
tǔbiē
土鳖
[土鱉]
- ground beetle
- (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸／海归 (hǎiguī), has never studied overseas
- (dialect) country bumpkin
mǎbiē
马鳖
[馬鱉]
- leech
shānruìbiē
山瑞鳖
[山瑞鱉]
- wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
fānmùbiējiǎn
番木鳖碱
[番木鱉鹼]
- strychnine (C21H22N2O2)
wèngzhōngzhībiē
瓮中之鳖
[甕中之鱉]
- lit. like a turtle in a jar
- to be trapped (idiom)
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
guīxiàobiēwúwěi
龟笑鳖无尾
[龜笑鱉無尾]
- lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
- fig. the pot calling the kettle black