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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	好酒沉瓮底	好酒沉甕底	hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ	hao3 jiu3 chen2 weng4 di3	lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom); fig. the best is saved for last
2	蓬户瓮牖	蓬戶甕牖	péng hù wèng yǒu	peng2 hu4 weng4 you3	thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home
3	请君入瓮	請君入甕	qǐng jūn rù wèng	qing3 jun1 ru4 weng4	lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
4	瓮	瓮	wèng	weng4	pottery container for water, wine etc; surname Weng; variant of 瓮 ; earthen jar; urn; variant of 瓮
5	瓮安	甕安	wèng ān	Weng4 an1	Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 , Guizhou
6	瓮安县	甕安縣	wèng ān xiàn	Weng4 an1 xian4	Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 , Guizhou
7	瓮菜	甕菜	wèng cài	weng4 cai4	variant of 蕹菜
8	瓮城	甕城	wèng chéng	weng4 cheng2	enceinte of a city gate; barbican entrance to a city
9	瓮棺	甕棺	wèng guān	weng4 guan1	funerary urn
10	瓮棺葬	甕棺葬	wèng guān zàng	weng4 guan1 zang4	urn burial
11	瓮声瓮气	甕聲甕氣	wèng shēng wèng qì	weng4 sheng1 weng4 qi4	to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
12	瓮牖绳床	瓮牖繩床	wèng yǒu shéng chuáng	weng4 you3 sheng2 chuang2	living in extreme poverty (idiom)
13	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)
14	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