擒 qín
qín
verb
to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '擒')
Contained in
- 手到擒来(手到擒來) stretch a hand and grab it; very easy
- 就擒 to be taken prisoner
- 束手就擒 hands tied and waiting to be captured
- 擒获(擒獲) to apprehend; to capture; to seize
- 欲擒故纵(欲擒故縱) In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
- 成擒 to capture; to arrest
- 擒人节(擒人節) (jocularly) Valentine's Day
- 捉虎擒蛟 [able to] grab a tiger and capture a dragon
- 生擒 to capture alive
- 擒虎拿蛟 [able to] capture a tiger and grab hold of a dragon
- 擒贼擒王(擒賊擒王) to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief
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- 卷一百六十一 列傳第四十八: 楊大淵 劉整 Volume 161 Biographies 48: Yang Dayuan, Liu Zheng History of Yuan 元史 — count: 41
- 卷52 列傳第17 韓擒虎 賀若弼 Volume 52 Biographies 17: Han Qinhu, He Ruobi Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 40
- 卷一百二十六 列傳第十四 李文忠 鄧愈 湯和 沐英 Volume 126 Biographies 14: Li Wenzhong, Deng Yu, Tang He, Mu Ying History of Ming 明史 — count: 29
- 卷98 島夷蕭道成 島夷蕭衍 Volume 98: Xiao Daocheng of the Daoyi People, Xiaoyan of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21
- 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 19
- 卷三百十六 列傳第二百〇四 貴州土司 Volume 316 Biographies 204: Guizhou Tribal Headmen History of Ming 明史 — count: 19
- 第八十八回 Chapter 88 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 18
- 卷一百六十二 列傳第四十九: 李忽蘭吉 李庭 史弼 高興 劉國傑 Volume 162 Biographies 49: Li Hulanji, Li Ting, Shi Bi, Gao Xing, Liu Guojie History of Yuan 元史 — count: 18
- 卷三百十一 列傳第一百九十九 四川土司一 Volume 311 Biographies 199: Sichuan Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 18
- 第九十回 Chapter 90 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 17
Collocations
- 可擒 (可擒) 贼可擒也 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十七 魏書十七 張樂于張徐傳 Volume 17: Book of Wei 17 - Biographies of Zhang, Yue, Yu, Zhang, and Xu — count: 6
- 讨擒 (討擒) 遊擊將軍毛安之等討擒之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九 帝紀第九 太宗簡文帝 孝武帝 Volume 9 Annals 9: Emperor Jianwen; Emperor Xiaowu — count: 6
- 南擒 (南擒) 南擒孟達 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 4
- 擒孟 (擒孟) 南擒孟達 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 4
- 遂擒 (遂擒) 遂擒呂布 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十 鄭孔荀列傳 Volume 70: Biographies of Zheng, Kong, Xun — count: 3
- 追擒 (追擒) 追擒戮之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十五 列傳第五十五 劉毅 諸葛長民 何無忌 檀憑之 魏詠之 Volume 85 Biographies 55: Liu Yi; Zhuge Changmin; He Wuji; Tan Pingzhi; Wei Yongzhi — count: 3
- 日擒 (日擒) 輒以今月二十七日擒尚斬承 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六十四 吳書十九 諸葛滕二孫濮陽傳 Volume 64: Book of Wu 19 - Biographies of Zhuge, Teng, the two Suns, and Puyang — count: 2
- 战擒 (戰擒) 可一戰擒也 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十 列傳第四十 應詹 甘卓 卞壼 劉超 鍾雅 Volume 70 Biographies 40: Ying Zhan; Gan Zhuo; Deng Qian; Bian Kun — count: 2
- 擒二 (擒二) 不擒二毛 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 2
- 擒耳 (擒耳) 將謹守峽口以待擒耳 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十四 列傳第二十四 陸機 陸雲 Volume 54 Biographies 24: Lu Ji — count: 2