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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
閉塞眼睛捉麻雀	闭塞眼睛捉麻雀	[bi4 se4 yan3 jing1 zhuo1 ma2 que4]	/lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)/fig. to act blindly/	4489	1
捕風捉影	捕风捉影	[bu3 feng1 zhuo1 ying3]	/lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations/to act on hearsay evidence/	6333	1
捕捉	捕捉	[[bu3zhuo1]]	/to catch; to seize; to capture/	809	2
不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓	不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫	[bu4 guan3 bai2 mao1 hei1 mao1 , zhuo1 zhu4 lao3 shu3 jiu4 shi4 hao3 mao1]	/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[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)/	2572	1
關門捉賊	关门捉贼	[guan1 men2 zhuo1 zei2]	/to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)/	6174	1
活捉	活捉	[[huo2zhuo1]]	/to capture alive/	669	2
難以捉摸	难以捉摸	[nan2 yi3 zhuo1 mo1]	/elusive/hard to pin down/enigmatic/	5074	1
望風捕影	望风捕影	[wang4 feng1 bu3 ying3]	/see 捕風捉影\|捕风捉影[bu3 feng1 zhuo1 ying3]/	5644	1
甕中捉鱉	瓮中捉鳖	[[weng4zhong1-zhuo1bie1]]	/(lit.) to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom)/(fig.) to go after easy prey/	50	2
賊喊捉賊	贼喊捉贼	[zei2 han3 zhuo1 zei2]	/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/	2242	1
捉	捉	[zhuo1]	/to clutch/to grab/to capture/	7101	1
捉捕	捉捕	[zhuo1 bu3]	/to arrest/to seize/to capture/	4892	1
捉捕器	捉捕器	[zhuo1 bu3 qi4]	/trap (for animals etc)/	6060	1
捉獲	捉获	[zhuo1 huo4]	/to capture/	6429	1
捉急	捉急	[zhuo1 ji2]	/humorous pronunciation of 著急\|着急[zhao2 ji2]/	3099	1
捉姦	捉奸	[zhuo1 jian1]	/to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)/	4625	1
捉襟見肘	捉襟见肘	[zhuo1 jin1 jian4 zhou3]	/lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)/strapped for cash/unable to make ends meet/	5405	1
捉迷藏	捉迷藏	[zhuo1 mi2 cang2]	/to play hide-and-seek/	5526	1
捉摸	捉摸	[zhuo1 mo1]	/to fathom/to make sense of/to grasp/	5010	1
捉拿	捉拿	[zhuo1 na2]	/to arrest/to catch a criminal/	7021	1
捉拿歸案	捉拿归案	[zhuo1 na2 gui1 an4]	/to bring to justice/	5346	1
捉弄	捉弄	[zhuo1 nong4]	/to tease/	7101	1
捉取	捉取	[zhuo1 qu3]	/to capture/	7101	1
捉住	捉住	[zhuo1 zhu4]	/to catch/to grapple with/to hold onto/	6205	1
捉對	捉对	[[zhuo1dui4]]	/to pair off (for a confrontation)/	414	2
捉摸不定	捉摸不定	[[zhuo1mo1-bu4ding4]]	/(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down/	613	2

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