瓮中之鳖甕中之鱉

wèng zhōng zhī biē

Meaning

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

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Characters

瓮wèngurn, earthen jar公瓦中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese口丨之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to丶鳖biēturtle敝鱼