zhuō
捉 (zhuō) is a Chinese word meaning “to clutch; to grab; to capture”.
Meanings
- 1to clutch
- 2to grab
- 3to capture
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
捕捉to catch; to seize; to capture捉弄to tease捉住to catch活捉to capture alive捉摸to fathom捉拿to arrest捉奸to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)捕风捉影lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations捉摸不定(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down捉拿归案to bring to justice捉襟见肘lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫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)