甕中捉鱉

Chinese

		earthen jar; urn	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to clutch; to grab; to capture	turtle
trad. (甕中捉鱉)		甕	中	捉	鱉
simp. (瓮中捉鳖)		瓮	中	捉	鳖
Literally: “to catch a soft-shell turtle in an urn”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèngzhōngzhuōbiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄅㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ung³ zung¹ zuk³ bit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèngzhōngzhuōbiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄅㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòngjhongjhuobie
    • Wade–Giles: wêng⁴-chung¹-cho¹-pieh¹
    • Yale: wèng-jūng-jwō-byē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenqjongjuobie
    • Palladius: вэнчжунчжобе (vɛnčžunčžobe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ung³ zung¹ zuk³ bit³
    • Yale: ung jūng juk bit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ung³ dzung¹ dzuk⁸ bit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ung³ zung¹ zug³ bid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʊŋ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚³ piːt̚³/

Idiom

甕中捉鱉

1. to catch or arrest a target already within one's grasp (and cannot escape)