Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「甕中之鱉」—details below.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「甕中之鱉」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
A metaphor for something that is under control and cannot escape.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wèng zhōng zhī biē
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ung3 jung3/jung1 ji1 bit3
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