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捉住

zhuō zhù

2-character word

What 捉住 means

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

The characters in 捉住

• 捉zhuōto clutch; to grab; to capture
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…

Example sentences

• 我们把小偷捉住了。
  Wǒmen bǎ xiǎotōu zhuōzhù le.
  We captured the thief.
• 猎人们用坚韧的绳网把野生动物捉住了。
  Lièrén men yòng jiānrèn de shéng wǎng bǎ yěshēngdòngwù zhuōzhù le.
  The hunters captured the wild animal with a strong rope net.

Words containing 捉住

• 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māoit doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good…

Sounds the same

Read zhuō zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拙著my unworthy writing (humble expr.); my worthless manuscript