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Meaning of 瓮

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瓮 (Trad.: 甕)
Pinyin: wèng
English Definition: pottery container for water, wine etc; surname Weng; variant of 瓮 ; earthen jar; urn
Total strokes: 9; Radical: 瓦
Pictophonetic:公 indicates the sound; 瓦 (pottery) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 公 [ gōng ] fair, equitable; public; duke
    • 瓦 [ wǎ ] tile; pottery, earthenware
Similar Characters: 瓷
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Example Words
瓮声瓮气 wèng shēng wèng qì to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
瓮城 wèng chéng enceinte of a city gate; barbican entrance to a city
请君入瓮 qǐng jūn rù wèng lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
瓮中之鳖 wèng zhōng zhī biē lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped (idiom)
瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target; a turkey shoot
More:瓮* | *瓮 | *瓮*
Example Sentences
1
最后一个仆人想起了瓮里的鳗鱼
。
Finally one of the servants remembered the eels in the urn.
2
现在看来这位诗瓮所言确有几分道理
。
Now it seems there may be some truth in the bard's words.
3
或许
,
我们是在瓮中的大脑
,
或是生活在矩阵里
。
Perhaps we are brains in a vat, or living in the Matrix.
4
把骨灰瓮埋在新泽西州伊丽莎伯布莱犹太人墓地
。
bury an urn in Elizabeth New Jersey, B'nai Israel Cemetery
5
可悲的是
,
没有人将是背负着一个玻璃瓮这个家伙
)
。
Sadly, nobody' s going to be carrying this guy around in a glass urn).