关门捉贼 — Chinese idiom
关门捉贼
guān mén zhuō zéi
Traditional: 關門捉賊
Meaning
- to catch a thief by closing his escape route
Character by character
- 关guānfrontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 捉zhuōto clutch, to grasp, to seize
- 贼zéithief, traitor; cunning, sly
Idioms sharing a character
- 事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ
- 人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān
- 休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān
- 咬紧牙关 yǎo jǐn yá guān
- 息息相关 xī xī xiāng guān
- 无关痛痒 wú guān tòng yǎng
- 紧要关头 jǐn yào guān tóu
- 裙带关系 qún dài guān xi
- 过关斩将 guò guān zhǎn jiàng
- 关怀备至 guān huái bèi zhì
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