Cantonese Dictionary

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捉棋
Mandarin: zhuo1 qi2
(verb) to play chess
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捉用神
Mandarin: zhuo1 yong4 shen2
guessing of one's mind (spoken)
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捉痛腳
Mandarin: zhuo1 tong4 jiao3
Simplified: 捉痛脚
reveal one's scandal; target one's weakness (spoken)
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捉緊
Mandarin: zhuo1 jin3
Simplified: 捉紧
Cantonese
to hold on tightly
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捉蛇
Mandarin: zhuo1 she2
to catch out someone who is slacking off work [colloquial]
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捉蛇入屎忽
Mandarin: zhuo1 she2 ru4 shi3 hu1
to bring unnecessary trouble upon oneself [colloquial]
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捉蟲
Mandarin: zhuo1 chong2
catch bugs; cause oneself unnecessary trouble; from 捉蟲入屎窟
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捉蟲
Mandarin: zhuo1 chong2
Simplified: 捉虫
catching bugs; it means someone who does something not worthwhile and gets himself | herself in trouble
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捉蟲入屎忽
Mandarin: zhuo1 chong2 ru4 shi3 hu1
Simplified: 捉虫入屎忽
verb; literally: put the bug into the ass, it means ask for trouble; make trouble for oneself, mess up at the end
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捉蟲入屎窟
Mandarin: zhuo1 chong2 ru4 shi3 ku1
Simplified: 捉虫入屎窟
verb; it means ask for trouble; make trouble for oneself, mess up at the end
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捉象棋
Mandarin: zhuo1 xiang4qi2
to play chess [written and colloquial]
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捉象棋
Cantonese
play Chinese chess ; have a game of a Chinese chess
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捉賊
Mandarin: zhuo1 zei2
catch a thief
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捉賊
Mandarin: zhuo1 zei2
Simplified: 捉贼
To Catch a Thief
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捉路
Mandarin: zhuo1 lu4
to try and second guess the strategy of one's opponent [colloquial]
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捉迷藏
Mandarin: zhuo1 mi2 cang2
hide and seek; [粵]捉伊人
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捉錯用神
Mandarin: zhuo1 cuo4 yong4 shen2
Simplified: 捉错用神
to misunderstand someone's purpose or intentions (e.g. in a romantic situation)
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捉雞腳
Mandarin: zhuo1 ji1 jiao3
Simplified: 捉鸡脚
to catch somebody in an affair; to lie to, fool, cheat buyers
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捉鬼
Mandarin: zhuo1 gui3
to catch ghosts or vampires
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捉鬼者
Mandarin: zhuo1 gui3 zhe3
ghosts or vampires hunter , ghostbuster
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捉魚
Mandarin: zhuo1 yu2
Cantonese
to fish
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捉魚
Mandarin: zhuo1 yu2
Simplified: 捉鱼
to catch fish
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捉黃腳雞
Mandarin: zhuo1 huang2 jiao3 ji1
Simplified: 捉黄脚鸡
to catch the people who are having an extramarital affair red-handed
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捷克
Mandarin: jie2 ke4
[n] Czech, Czech Republic
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捷克斯洛伐克
Mandarin: jie2 ke4 si1 luo4 fa2 ke4
Czechoslovakia (on January 1, 1993, it split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia so a country with this designation no longer exists)
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捷徑
Mandarin: jie2 jing4
shortcut
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捷泳
Mandarin: jie2 yong3
front crawl swimming
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捷舞
Mandarin: jie2 wu3
[loanword] (dance) jive [Syn.] 牛仔舞
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捷運
Mandarin: jie2 yun4
rapid transit; express
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捽
Mandarin: zuo2
to rival against | to contradict | to rub | to seize | Taiwan pr. [zú] | to pull up | to grasp | # adapted from cc-cedict
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