catching a turtle in a jar

Let us learn another Chinese saying which is 「甕中捉鱉∣瓮中捉鳖」

「甕中捉鱉∣瓮中捉鳖」is said in Teochew Uê as ang3dang1cog4bih4

You know this character 甕 as ang3 as in bhi2ang3 米甕 a rice container

 

You also know the second character dang1 character like sim1dang1 心中 as in one’s heart or in one’s thought

We seldom use the cog4 捉 character which means “to catch” and we normally say liah8 掠

And the last character bih4 鱉 is normally said as ka1he5 骹魚 a turtle or a softshell turtle.  

「甕中捉鱉∣瓮中捉鳖」ang3dang1cog4bih4 is an idiom which means to catch a turtle in a jar or to set oneself as an easy target

bih4 鱉