Meanings

tortoise shell bondage

oracle bone script

giant tortoise

Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii)

leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

high-quality glossy white habutai silk

Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra)

turtle scooping (festival game)

Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus)

crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)

obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs

Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)

East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii)

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii)

knock on wood

knock on wood

box turtle

Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)

tying up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern