欲擒故縱

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	capture	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	even if; release; vertical
trad. (欲擒故縱)		欲	擒	故	縱
simp. (欲擒故纵)		欲	擒	故	纵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùqíngùzòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ kam⁴ gu³ zung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùqíngùzòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùcíngùzòng
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chʻin²-ku⁴-tsung⁴
    • Yale: yù-chín-gù-dzùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhchynguhtzonq
    • Palladius: юйциньгуцзун (jujcinʹguczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ kam⁴ gu³ zung³
    • Yale: yuhk kàhm gu jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ kam⁴ gu³ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ kem⁴ gu³ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² kʰɐm²¹ kuː³³ t͡sʊŋ³³/

Idiom

欲擒故縱

1. to loosen the reins in order to grasp them better