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捉摸

zhuōmō

to fathom
to make sense of
to grasp

to guess; to predict; to anticipate; to fathom; to ascertain

揣测，料想。宋．赵长卿〈满江红．懊恼平生〉词：「天易感，人难託。人心险，天又怎生捉摸？」也作「作摩」。

重編國語辭典

揣测，料想

Entry Composition

to clutch
to grab
to capture

to feel with the hand
to touch
to stroke
to grope
to steal
to abstract

Containing this entry

zhuōmōbùdìng

(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down

nányǐzhuōmō

elusive
hard to pin down
enigmatic

Related entries

to make sense of
to grasp the meaning of
to figure out

to grasp (also fig.)
to seize
to hold
assurance
certainty
sure (of the outcome)

好好把握這個機會。

Make good use of this opportunity.

Source: Tatoeba

to grasp (often fig.)
to control
to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
to master
to know well
to understand sth well and know how to use it
fluency

掌握一门外语很难。

Mastering a foreign language is difficult.

Source: Tatoeba

所有的社交，自然而然地，都会掺入一些虚伪的成分，我想这是有其必要的。

All social interactions, naturally, will involve some degree of insincerity, which I believe is necessary.

Source: Tatoeba

to grasp
to hold
to operate
to manage
to control
to steer
to exercise
to drill (practice)
to play
to speak (a language)

他操一口流利的英语。

He speaks fluent English.

Source: Tatoeba

to grasp
to clutch

to grasp
to hold
to maintain

to execute (a plan)
to grasp

执子之手，与子偕老。

Today I take your hand so that we may grow old together.

Source: Tatoeba

to hold
to grasp
to support
to maintain
to persevere
to manage
to run (i.e. administer)
to control

我全心全意地支持你。

I support you whole-heartedly.

Source: Tatoeba

to hold
to grasp

to seize with the hand
to grasp
to advance
to breakdown

(coll.) to hold
to grip
to grasp

to understand
to comprehend
to grasp

我没有领会这个意义。

I don't understand its significance.

Source: Tatoeba