瓮中捉鳖
wèng​zhōng​zhuō​biē

to go after easy prey

  • created sense approved 瓮中捉鳖/甕中捉鱉 · wèng​zhōng​zhuō​biē · to go after easy prey — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓮中捉鳖 / 甕中捉鱉

    wèng​zhōng​zhuō​biē

    to go after easy prey

    literally to catch a turtle in a jar; used to describe a target that is already trapped or something that is certain to be captured

    瓮 (literal) → 瓮 · wèng · urn 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 捉 (literal) → 捉 · zhuō · to catch 鳖 (literal) → 鳖/鱉 · biē · soft-shelled turtle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense