擒贼擒王 — Chinese idiom
擒贼擒王
qín zéi qín wáng
Traditional: 擒賊擒王
Meaning
- to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader
Character by character
- 擒qínto arrest, to capture, to seize
- 贼zéithief, traitor; cunning, sly
- 擒qínto arrest, to capture, to seize
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 手到擒来 shǒu dào qín lái
- 束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín
- 乱臣贼子 luàn chén zéi zǐ
- 做贼心虚 zuò zéi xīn xū
- 民贼独夫 mín zéi dú fū
- 独夫民贼 dú fū mín zéi
- 认贼作父 rèn zéi zuò fù
- 贼喊捉贼 zéi hǎn zhuō zéi
- 贼眉鼠眼 zéi méi shǔ yǎn
- 关门捉贼 guān mén zhuō zéi
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