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关门捉贼

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
关门捉贼 guānménzhuōzéi	关门捉贼 \| 关门捉贼* \| *关门捉贼	to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)	關門捉賊

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
关	关 \| 关* \| *关	6画八 + 4 大 + 3	guān, wān	frontier pass; close; relation	gwaan1	關 8080 TK


门	门 \| 门* \| *门	3画门 + 0	mén	gate, door, entrance, opening	mun4	門 3700 ILS


捉	捉 \| 捉* \| *捉	10画手扌 + 7	zhuō	grasp, clutch; catch, seize	zuk1	5608.1 QRYO


贼	贼 \| 贼* \| *贼	10画贝 + 6	zéi, zé	thief, traitor; kill	caak6	賊 7385 BOIJ

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Simplified		English Definition
关门捉贼 guānménzhuōzéi	关门捉贼 \| 关门捉贼* \| *关门捉贼	to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)


关 Guān	关 \| 关* \| *关	surname Guan


关 guān	关 \| 关* \| *关	mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve


关门 guānmén	关门 \| 关门* \| *关门	to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)


门　Mén	门 \| 门* \| *门	surname Men


门　mén	门 \| 门* \| *门	gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇) / valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure / way to do sth; knack; method; approach / family; household; lineage / (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic) / (bound form) class; category; division; phylum / classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc / (suffix) -gate (scandal)


捉　　zhuō	捉 \| 捉* \| *捉	to clutch / to grab / to capture


贼　　　zéi	贼 \| 贼* \| *贼	thief; robber / (bound form) traitor; subversive / (bound form) evil; wicked / sly; shifty; devious / (literary) to harm; to injure / (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)