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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	就擒	就擒	jiù qín	jiu4 qin2	to be taken prisoner
2	七擒七纵	七擒七縱	qī qín qī zòng	qi1 qin2 qi1 zong4	seven captures and seven releases (a strategy to win over the enemy) (idiom)
3	七纵七擒	七縱七擒	qī zòng qī qín	qi1 zong4 qi1 qin2	to use forbearance to win over an opponent (idiom)
4	擒	擒	qín	qin2	to capture
5	擒获	擒獲	qín huò	qin2 huo4	to apprehend; to capture; to seize
6	擒奸擿伏	擒奸擿伏	qín jiān tī fú	qin2 jian1 ti1 fu2	to arrest and expose evildoers (idiom)
7	擒人节	擒人節	qín rén jié	Qin2 ren2 jie2	(jocularly) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day
8	擒贼擒王	擒賊擒王	qín zéi qín wáng	qin2 zei2 qin2 wang2	to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
9	擒纵自如	擒縱自如	qín zòng zì rú	qin2 zong4 zi4 ru2	complete control of the situation (idiom)
10	生擒	生擒	shēng qín	sheng1 qin2	to capture alive
11	手到擒来	手到擒來	shǒu dào qín lái	shou3 dao4 qin2 lai2	stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
12	手到擒拿	手到擒拿	shǒu dào qín ná	shou3 dao4 qin2 na2	very easy (idiom)
13	束手就擒	束手就擒	shù shǒu jiù qín	shu4 shou3 jiu4 qin2	hands tied and waiting to be captured
14	欲擒故纵	欲擒故縱	yù qín gù zòng	yu4 qin2 gu4 zong4	In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
15	中计被擒	中計被擒	zhòng jì bèi qín	zhong4 ji4 bei4 qin2	to fall into a trap and be captured (idiom)
16	纵擒自如	縱擒自如	zòng qín zì rú	zong4 qin2 zi4 ru2	in perfect control of a situation (idiom)