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  *捕* | 捕* | *捕
to catch; to seize; to capture
HSK 6
to catch; to seize; to capture
HSK 7-9
to be arrested / under arrest
HSK 7-9
to arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody / Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3]
HSK 7-9
to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
to seize / to capture
to whale; to hunt whales
to catch; to capture; to seize
to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch
to trap (an animal); to lure (a suspect) into a trap
to catch fish; to fish
to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food
to pursue / to be after / to hunt down
catcher
to hunt / hunting
constable
to hunt and arrest (fugitives) / to track down and arrest / a manhunt
to authorize an arrest
to arrest
to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions)
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
to seize / to apprehend / an arrest
to fish by casting a net / to capture / to surround and seize
to arrest; to capture; to catch
to detain / to apprehend / to capture
to arrest / to seize / to capture
predator
mousetrap
(old) police station in a foreign concession 租界
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
tarantula
to round up (fugitives) / to corner and arrest
(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal / Taiwan pr. [bi4 bu3]
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
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
head constable
to resist arrest
trap (for animals etc)
to capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)
bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China)
to catch (wild animals); to hunt
birdcatcher; fowler
xenolith (geology)
insect-catching leaf
whaler; whaling vessel
lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom)
(bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger


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