See 甕中捉鱉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to catch a soft-shell turtle in an urn",
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"to catch or arrest a target already within one's grasp (and cannot escape)"
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"zh-pron": "wèngzhōngzhuōbiē"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄅㄧㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ung³ zung¹ zuk³ bit³"
},
{
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "wèngzhōngzhuōbiē"
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"zh-pron": "ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄅㄧㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wòngjhongjhuobie"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wêng⁴-chung¹-cho¹-pieh¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wèng-jūng-jwō-byē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wenqjongjuobie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "вэнчжунчжобе"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "vɛnčžunčžobe"
},
{
"ipa": "/wəŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
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"Sinological-IPA",
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"zh-pron": "ung jūng juk bit"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
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],
"zh-pron": "ung³ dzung¹ dzuk⁸ bit⁸"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ung³ zung¹ zug³ bid³"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʊŋ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚³ piːt̚³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/wəŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʊŋ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚³ piːt̚³/"
}
],
"word": "甕中捉鱉"
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"arrest",
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄅㄧㄝ"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "ung³ zung¹ zuk³ bit³"
},
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"zh-pron": "wèngzhōngzhuōbiē"
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},
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wòngjhongjhuobie"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wêng⁴-chung¹-cho¹-pieh¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wèng-jūng-jwō-byē"
},
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
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},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "вэнчжунчжобе"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "vɛnčžunčžobe"
},
{
"ipa": "/wəŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
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"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "ung jūng juk bit"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ung³ dzung¹ dzuk⁸ bit⁸"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ung³ zung¹ zug³ bid³"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʊŋ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚³ piːt̚³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wəŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʊŋ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚³ piːt̚³/"
}
],
"word": "甕中捉鱉"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 甕中捉鱉 meaning in Chinese (2.5kB)
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"title": "甕中捉鱉",
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