擒 qín
qín
verb
to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '擒')
Contained in
- 擒山中之贼易，捉心中之贼难(擒山中之賊易，捉心中之賊難) It is easy to catch thieves in the mountains, but hard to catch the thieves in one's mind.
Also contained in
擒获 、 手到擒来 、 束手就擒 、 擒贼擒王 、 擒虎拿蛟 、 生擒 、 就擒 、 捉虎擒蛟 、 欲擒故纵 、 成擒
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 7
- Scroll 4 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 7 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 6 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
- Scroll 7 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 4
- Scroll 5 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 4
- Scroll 3 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 4
- Scroll 3 Beishan Record 北山錄 — count: 4
Collocations
- 擒住 (擒住) 擒住與一掌便托開 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 23
- 擒虎 (擒虎) 擒虎兕底爪牙 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 14
- 擒纵 (擒縱) 擒縱舒卷縱橫變化 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 14
- 擒捉 (擒捉) 所被擒捉之者心神飛颺馳魂走魄 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 29 — count: 10
- 擒一 (擒一) 一擒一縱 — Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 禅床擒 (禪床擒) 臨濟下禪床擒住 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 一擒 (一擒) 一擒一縱 — Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 擒去 (擒去) 一被鷹擒去 — Suvarṇaprabhāsauttamarājasūtra (Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing) 金光明最勝王經, Scroll 10 — count: 4
- 能擒 (能擒) 莫能擒得我 — Vinayavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Yao Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶藥事, Scroll 17 — count: 4
- 活擒 (活擒) 須知殺中有活擒縱 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 8 — count: 4