甕中捉鱉

Chinese

		earthen jar; urn	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); 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 ㄓㄨㄥㄓㄨㄛㄅㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ung³ zung¹ zuk³ bit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèngzhōngzhuōbiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄓㄨㄛㄅㄧㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenqjongjuobie
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wòngjhongjhuobie
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂwɔ⁵⁵ pjɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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

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

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