捉摸不定 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down

Character by character

• 捉zhuōto clutch, to grasp, to seize
• 摸mōto caress, to stroke, to gently touch
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite,

Idioms sharing a character

• 捉襟见肘 zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu
• 捕风捉影 bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng
• 瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē
• 贼喊捉贼 zéi hǎn zhuō zéi
• 关门捉贼 guān mén zhuō zéi
• 偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu mō mō
• 偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu
• 合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng
• 摸金校尉 mō jīn xiào wèi
• 浑水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú

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