瓮中之鳖

Traditional form:

甕中之鱉

Pinyin (reading):

wèngzhōngzhībiē

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 瓮 - urn, earthen jar
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 鳖 - turtle

Traditional characters:

• 甕 - urn
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 鱉 - turtle