瓮城
瓮城甕城 wèng chéng ㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ung3 sing4
- enceinte of a city gate
- barbican entrance to a city
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瓮
- 瓮安甕安 Wèng ān ㄨㄥˋ ㄢ ung3 on1 see 甕安縣|瓮安县[Weng4 an1 Xian4]
- 瓮棺甕棺 wèng guān ㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ung3 gun1 funerary urn
- 瓮菜甕菜 wèng cài ㄨㄥˋ ㄘㄞˋ variant of 蕹菜[weng4 cai4]
- 瓮安县甕安縣 Wèng ān Xiàn ㄨㄥˋ ㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ung3 on1 jyun6 Weng'an, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou
- 瓮棺葬甕棺葬 wèng guān zàng ㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄗㄤˋ ung3 gun1 zong3 urn burial
- 瓮中之鳖甕中之鱉 wèng zhōng zhī biē ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝ ung3 zung1 zi1 bit3 lit. like a turtle in a jar
Idioms with these characters
- 蓬户瓮牖蓬戶甕牖 péng hù wèng yǒu ㄆㄥˊ ㄏㄨˋ ㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄡˇ pung4 wu6 ung3 jau5 thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house
- 请君入瓮請君入甕 qǐng jūn rù wèng ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄖㄨˋ ㄨㄥˋ cing2 gwan1 jap6 ung3 lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)
- 瓮声瓮气甕聲甕氣 wèng shēng wèng qì ㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄥ ㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ ung3 seng1 ung3 hei3 to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
- 瓮中之鳖甕中之鱉 wèng zhōng zhī biē ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝ ung3 zung1 zi1 bit3 lit. like a turtle in a jar
- 瓮中捉鳖甕中捉鱉 wèng zhōng zhuō biē ㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄅㄧㄝ ung3 zung1 zuk3 bit3 lit. to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom)
- 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī ㄅㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧ bui3 sing4 ze3 jat1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
- 兵临城下兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ bing1 lam4 sing4 haa6 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
- 唱空城计唱空城計 chàng kōng chéng jì ㄔㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ coeng3 hung1 sing4 gai3 lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)
- 高城深池 gāo chéng shēn chí ㄍㄠ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄣ ㄔˊ gou1 sing4 sam1 ci4 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense
- 攻城略地 gōng chéng lüè dì ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄧˋ gung1 sing4 loek6 dei6 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)