wèng zhōng zhī biē
lit. like a turtle in a jar
to be trapped (idiom)
瓮
wèng
variant of 甕|瓮[weng4]
中
zhōng
(bound form) China; Chinese
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
鳖
biē
variant of 鱉|鳖[bie1]
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