Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 捉

to clutch
to grab
to capture

to arrest
to catch a criminal

to capture

to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)

to arrest
to seize
to capture

to fathom
to make sense of
to grasp

to capture

humorous pronunciation of 著急／着急 (zháojí)

to catch; to seize; to capture

to catch
to grapple with
to hold onto

to tease

to capture alive

trap (for animals etc)

to play hide-and-seek

zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu

lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
strapped for cash
unable to make ends meet

guānménzhuōzéi

to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)

zhuōmōbùdìng

unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down

wèngzhōng-zhuōbiē

lit. to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom)
fig. to go after easy prey

zéihǎnzhuōzéi

lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom)
fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself
to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others

bǔfēngzhuōyǐng

lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations
to act on hearsay evidence

nányǐzhuōmō

elusive
hard to pin down
enigmatic

zhuōnáguī'àn

to bring to justice

bìsèyǎnjīngzhuōmáquè

闭塞眼睛捉麻雀

[閉塞眼睛捉麻雀]

lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)
fig. to act blindly

bùguǎnbáimāohēimāo,zhuōzhùlǎoshǔjiùshìhǎomāo

不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫

[不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓]

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 ( Dèng Xiǎopíng) in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)