Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China

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  *捉* | 捉* | *捉
to clutch / to grab / to capture
HSK 6
to catch; to seize; to capture
HSK 7-9
to play hide-and-seek
HSK 7-9
to catch / to grapple with / to hold onto
unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down
to fathom / to make sense of / to grasp
lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
to capture alive
to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
to arrest / to catch a criminal
lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
to tease
humorous pronunciation of 著急|着急
to capture
to arrest / to seize / to capture
to capture
it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
to bring to justice
trap (for animals etc)
lit. to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom) / fig. to go after easy prey
lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom) / fig. to act blindly
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
elusive / hard to pin down / enigmatic


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