捕俘
bǔ fú
Pinyin

Definition

捕俘
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bǔ fú
  1. to capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bǔ yú
  1. 1 to catch fish
  2. 2 to fish
zhuī bǔ
  1. 1 to pursue
  2. 2 to be after
  3. 3 to hunt down
fú huò
  1. 1 to capture (enemy property or personnel)
  2. 2 capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)
fú lǔ
  1. 1 captive
zhuā bǔ
  1. 1 to seize
  2. 2 to capture
  1. 1 to catch
  2. 2 to seize
  3. 3 to capture
bǔ zhuō
  1. 1 to catch
  2. 2 to seize
  3. 3 to capture
bǔ huò
  1. 1 to catch
  2. 2 to capture
  3. 3 to seize
bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng
  1. 1 lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations
  2. 2 to act on hearsay evidence
sōu bǔ
  1. 1 to hunt and arrest (fugitives)
  2. 2 to track down and arrest
  3. 3 a manhunt
bèi bǔ
  1. 1 to be arrested
  2. 2 under arrest
dài bǔ
  1. 1 to arrest
  2. 2 to apprehend
  3. 3 an arrest
wéi bǔ
  1. 1 to fish by casting a net
  2. 2 to capture
  3. 3 to surround and seize
xún bǔ
  1. 1 to patrol
  2. 2 policeman (in China's former foreign concessions)
zhàn fú
  1. 1 prisoner of war
pī bǔ
  1. 1 to authorize an arrest
jù bǔ
  1. 1 to resist arrest
jū bǔ
  1. 1 to arrest
bǔ kuài
  1. 1 bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China)
bǔ shǒu
  1. 1 catcher

Idioms (4)

捕风捉影
bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng
  1. 1 lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations
  2. 2 to act on hearsay evidence
撒网捕风
sā wǎng bǔ fēng
  1. 1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
  2. 2 to waste one's effort (idiom)
螳螂捕蝉
táng láng bǔ chán
  1. 1 the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后
táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu
  1. 1 the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

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