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in imminent peril (danger) · like fish swimming in a cooking pot

鱼游釜中
yú yóu fǔ zhōng
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lit. like a turtle in a jar · to be trapped (idiom)瓮中之鳖wèng zhōng zhī biēdanger · dangerous危险wēi xiǎna fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) · in a desperate situation釜底游鱼fǔ dǐ yóu yú
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