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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 瓮中之鳖
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 瓮中之鳖 | wèng zhōng zhī biē | - lit. like a turtle in a jar - to be trapped (idiom) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 37,963 | 94,280 | - |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 瓮 | wèng | - variant of 甕|瓮[weng4] - earthen jar - urn |
| 瓮 | wèng | - surname Weng |
| 瓮 | wèng | - pottery container for water, wine etc |
| 瓮 | wèng | - variant of 甕|瓮[weng4] |
| 中 | zhōng | - (bound form) China; Chinese - surname Zhong |
| 中 | zhōng | - within; among; in - middle; center - while (doing sth); during - (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 | zhòng | - to hit (the mark) - to be hit by - to suffer - to win (a prize, a lottery) |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 鳖 | biē | - softshell turtle |
| 鳖 | biē | - variant of 鱉|鳖[bie1] |
Other Words Containing 瓮中之鳖
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 瓮中之鳖 | - | - | 37,963 | 94,280 | - |