逮捕
dài bǔ
Pinyin
Definition
逮捕
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- to arrest
- to apprehend
- an arrest
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
捕风捉影
- 1 lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations
- 2 to act on hearsay evidence
撒网捕风
- 1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
- 2 to waste one's effort (idiom)
狗逮老鼠
- 1 lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be meddlesome
螳螂捕蝉
- 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
- 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
Sample Sentences
第一:当地时间11日,英国伦敦传出一条爆炸性新闻:在厄瓜多尔驻英使馆生活了近7年的“维基揭秘”网站创始人朱利安·阿桑奇被英国警方逮捕。
1: At 11th local time, London, England reported a breaking news: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks website, who had lived in the embassy of Ecuador for nearly seven years, was arrested by the British police.