瓮 (甕)
wèng
Pinyin
Definition
瓮 (甕)
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- pottery container for water, wine etc
瓮 (甕)
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- surname Weng
Character Decomposition
Related Words (4)
- 1 enceinte of a city gate
- 2 barbican entrance to a city
- 1 Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián nán zhōu], Guizhou
- 1 to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
- 1 lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)
- 2 fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Idioms (6)
好酒沉瓮底
- 1 lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
- 2 fig. the best is saved for last
瓮中之鳖
- 1 lit. like a turtle in a jar
- 2 to be trapped (idiom)
瓮中捉鳖
- 1 to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target
- 2 a turkey shoot
瓮声瓮气
- 1 to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
蓬户瓮牖
- 1 thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house
- 2 humble home