捉住

zhuōzhù
  1. to catch
  2. to grapple with
  3. to hold onto

CEDICT

以手握住，捕獲。

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Examples

我們把小偷捉住了。

We captured the thief.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 捉 zhuō
  1. to clutch
  2. to grab
  3. to capture
2 住 zhù
  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to stay
  4. to reside
  5. to stop
  6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Containing this entry

不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓 bùguǎnbáimāohēimāo,zhuōzhùlǎoshǔjiùshìhǎomāo 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 Dèng Xiǎopíng in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)

Related entries

丮 jǐ to catch
接住 jiēzhù
  1. to catch (sth thrown etc)
  2. to receive (sth given)
  3. to accept
她朝我丢葡萄，我试着用嘴接住它们。

She tossed me grapes and I tried to catch them with my mouth.

Source: Tatoeba

染上 rǎnshàng
  1. to catch (a disease)
  2. to get (a bad habit)
你也许会染上疾病。

You may get a serious disease.

Source: Tatoeba

抓 zhuā
  1. to grab
  2. to catch
  3. to arrest
  4. to snatch
  5. to scratch
抓到了。

Captured.

Source: Tatoeba

捕撈 bǔlāo
  1. to fish for (aquatic animals and plants)
  2. to catch
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