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
- 擒人节(擒人節) (jocularly) Valentine's Day
- 成擒 to capture; to arrest
- 就擒 to be taken prisoner
- 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
- 擒获(擒獲) to apprehend; to capture; to seize
- 擒贼擒王(擒賊擒王) to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief
- 擒虎拿蛟 [able to] capture a tiger and grab hold of a dragon
- 捉虎擒蛟 [able to] grab a tiger and capture a dragon
- 生擒 to capture alive
- 束手就擒 hands tied and waiting to be captured
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 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
- 第八十八回 Chapter 88 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — 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
- 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
- 第九十回 Chapter 90 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 17
Collocations
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 韩擒 (韓擒) 韓擒虎 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十八 楊李翟應霍爰徐列傳 Volume 48: Biographies of Yang, Li, Di, Ying, Huo, Yuan, Xu — count: 2
- 擒建 (擒建) 擒建威將軍劉嵩 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百一十七 載記第十七 姚興上 Volume 117 Records 17: Yao Xing Part One — count: 2
- 击擒 (擊擒) 駿擊擒之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十六 列傳第五十六 張軌 Volume 86 Biographies 56: Zhang Gui — count: 2
- 枭擒 (梟擒) 昌未梟擒 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十六 列傳第三十六 劉弘 陶侃 Volume 66 Biographies 36: Liu Hong; Tao Kan — count: 2