船里不走针,瓮里不走鳖船里不走針,甕里不走鱉船里不走針,甕里不走鱉

a needle can't get away in a boat, a turtle can't get away in a jar

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Someone trapped in a closed situation cannot escape. Used of a person cornered with no way out.

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Simplified: 船里不走针,瓮里不走鳖
Traditional (Taiwan): 船里不走針,甕里不走鱉
Pinyin: chuán li bù zǒu zhēn,wèng li bù zǒu biē
Pinyin (Taiwan): chuán lǐ bù zǒu zhēn,wèng lǐ bù zǒu biē
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄓㄣ,ㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄝ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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