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to capture

🖌️ 擒 Strokes

就jìu 擒qín

to be taken prisoner

🖌️ 就 Strokes 🖌️ 擒 Strokes

生shēng 擒qín

to capture alive

🖌️ 生 Strokes 🖌️ 擒 Strokes

擒qín 获huò

Trad. 擒獲

to apprehend
to capture
to seize

🖌️ 擒 Strokes 🖌️ 获 Strokes

擒qín 人rén 节jié

Trad. 擒人節

(jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day

🖌️ 擒 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes 🖌️ 节 Strokes

束shù 手shǒu 就jìu 擒qín

lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom)
fig. to surrender without a fight

🖌️ 束 Strokes 🖌️ 手 Strokes 🖌️ 就 Strokes 🖌️ 擒 Strokes

欲yù 擒qín 故gù 纵zòng

Trad. 欲擒故縱

In order to capture, one must let loose.
to loosen the reins only to grasp them better

🖌️ 欲 Strokes 🖌️ 擒 Strokes 🖌️ 故 Strokes 🖌️ 纵 Strokes

手shǒu 到dào 擒qín 来lái

Trad. 手到擒來

stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy

🖌️ 手 Strokes 🖌️ 到 Strokes 🖌️ 擒 Strokes 🖌️ 来 Strokes

擒qín 贼zéi 擒qín 王wáng

Trad. 擒賊擒王

(idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader

🖌️ 擒 Strokes 🖌️ 贼 Strokes 🖌️ 擒 Strokes 🖌️ 王 Strokes