瓮中捉鳖

to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target / a turkey shoot

Characters and words in 瓮中捉鳖

wèng = w + (e)ng4

variant of 甕|瓮[weng4] / earthen jar / urn

wèng = w + (e)ng4

surname Weng

wèng = w + (e)ng4

pottery container for water, wine etc

wèng = w + (e)ng4

variant of 甕|瓮[weng4]

zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

中 = 丨 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

zhuo̅ = zhu + o1

to clutch / to grab / to capture

捉 = 扌 + 足 : In front of the observatory (o1) Julian Giant Squid (zhu) catches (捉) a football (足) using eight toy claws (扌).

bie̅ = bi + e1

freshwater soft-shelled turtle

bie̅ = bi + e1

variant of 鱉|鳖[bie1]

Words with 瓮中捉鳖

瓮中捉鳖 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 瓮中捉鳖

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