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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	鳖	鱉	biē	bie1	freshwater soft-shelled turtle; variant of 鳖
2	斑鳖	斑鱉	bān biē	ban1 bie1	Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species
3	鳖甲	鱉甲	biē jiǎ	bie1 jia3	turtle shell
4	鳖裙	鱉裙	biē qún	bie1 qun2	calipash
5	地鳖	地鱉	dì biē	di4 bie1	Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis), used in TCM
6	番木鳖碱	番木鱉鹼	fān mù biē jiǎn	fan1 mu4 bie1 jian3	strychnine (C21H22N2O2)
7	龟笑鳖无尾	龜笑鱉無尾	guī xiào biē wú wěi	gui1 xiao4 bie1 wu2 wei3	lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom); fig. the pot calling the kettle black
8	马鳖	馬鱉	mǎ biē	ma3 bie1	leech
9	山瑞鳖	山瑞鱉	shān ruì biē	shan1 rui4 bie1	wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
10	土鳖	土鱉	tǔ biē	tu3 bie1	ground beetle; (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海归 , has never studied overseas; (dialect) country bumpkin
11	瓮中之鳖	甕中之鱉	wèng zhōng zhī biē	weng4 zhong1 zhi1 bie1	lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped (idiom)
12	瓮中捉鳖	甕中捉鱉	wèng zhōng zhuō biē	weng4 zhong1 zhuo1 bie1	to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target; a turkey shoot
13	窄鳖	窄鱉	zhǎi biē	zhai3 bie1	narrow; small; confining; cramped; restricting; stifling; also written 窄憋 \|窄憋 [zhai3 bie1]