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to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament)
HSK 6
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
HSK 7-9
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  *掩* | 掩* | *掩
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom)
caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc)
prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
to be caught off guard / without warning
lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
to become caught up in an irresolvable situation (idiom)
to be caught unprepared
lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
without a retreat route / caught in a dead end / having burned one's bridges
criminal caught red-handed
lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
the right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the duration of meetings, unless caught actually committing a crime, to members of the National Assembly, the Legislative Yuan, or a supervisory committee
(of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed
to be attacked by both sides in a quarrel / to be caught in the crossfire
to get caught (entangled) / to catch (on sth)
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured


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