捉摸不定 — Chinese idiom
捉摸不定
zhuō mō bù dìng
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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