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[欲擒故縱] yùqíngùzòng In order to capture, one must let loose.
to loosen the reins only to grasp them better

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        yù, [慾], desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed, to wish for/to desire/variant of 慾|欲[yù]
        yùwàng, [慾望], desire/longing/appetite/craving
        suíxīnsuǒyù, [隨心所欲], to follow one's heart's desires/to do as one pleases (idiom)
        xìngyù, [性慾], sexual desire/lust
        wéisuǒyùwéi, [為所欲為], to do whatever one pleases
        jìnyù, [禁慾], to suppress desire/self-restraint/asceticism
        shíyù, [食慾], appetite
        tòngbùyùshēng, to be so in pain as to not want to live/to be so grieved as to wish one were dea...
        
        chǔnchǔnyùdòng, [蠢蠢欲動], to begin to stir (idiom)/to get restless/to become threatening
        hūnhūnyùshuì, drowsy/sleepy (idiom)
        yáoyáoyùzhuì, [搖搖欲墜], tottering/on the verge of collapse
        
        chàngsuǒyùyán, [暢所欲言], lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite t...
        qíngyù, [情慾], lust/desire/sensual
        yùqíngùzòng, [欲擒故縱], In order to capture, one must let loose./to loosen the reins only to grasp them ...
        yuèyuèyùshì, [躍躍欲試], to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
        tānyù, [貪慾], greed/avarice/rapacious/avid
        ròuyù, [肉慾], carnal desire
        
        sīyù, selfish desire
        zhèněryùlóng, [震耳欲聾], ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
        yùbàbùnéng, [欲罷不能], want to stop but can't (idiom)/to be unable to stop oneself/to feel an urge to c...
        qiúzhīyù, [求知慾], desire for knowledge
        yùniàn, desire
        chuíxiányùdī, to drool with desire (idiom); to envy/to hunger for
        
        
        lìyùxūnxīn, [利慾薰心], blinded by greed (idiom)
        yùsùzébùdá, [欲速則不達], lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more has...
        hūzhīyùchū, lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)/fig. on the verge of coming out into th...
        jìnyùzhǔyì, [禁慾主義], asceticism
        wùyù, material desire/craving for material things
        
        
        shòuyù, [獸慾], beastly desire
        
穿         wàngyǎnyùchuān, to anxiously await
        
        chánxiányùdī, [饞涎欲滴], lit. to drool with desire (idiom)/fig. to hunger for/greedy
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        lìyù, [利慾], cupidity

        qín, to capture
        yùqíngùzòng, [欲擒故縱], In order to capture, one must let loose./to loosen the reins only to grasp them ...
        shùshǒujiùqín, hands tied and waiting to be captured
        qínhuò, [擒獲], to apprehend/to capture/to seize
        shēngqín, to capture alive
        

        gùshì/gùshi, old practice/CL:個|个[gè], narrative/story/tale
        gùyì, deliberately/on purpose
        shìgù, accident/CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
        gùzhàng, malfunction/breakdown/defect/shortcoming/fault/failure/impediment/error/bug (in ...
        yuángù, [緣故], reason/cause
        wúyuánwúgù, [無緣無故], no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
        gùxiāng, [故鄉], home/homeland/native place/CL:個|个[gè]
        gù, happening/instance/reason/cause/intentional/former/old/friend/therefore/hence/(o...
        yǐgù, the late/deceased
        wúgù, [無故], without cause or reason
        hégù, what for?/what's the reason?
        shìgù/shìgu, the ways of the world, sophisticated/worldly-wise
        biàngù, [變故], an unforeseen event/accident/misfortune
        yùqíngùzòng, [欲擒故縱], In order to capture, one must let loose./to loosen the reins only to grasp them ...
        diǎngù, classical story or quote from the literature
        gùrén, old friend/the deceased
        
        
        gùtǔ, native country/one's homeland
        gùjū, former residence
        gùlǐ, hometown/native place
        yījiànrúgù, [一見如故], familiarity at first sight
        gùnòngxuánxū, [故弄玄虛], deliberately mystifying/to make sth unnecessarily complicated
        gùdìchóngyóu, [故地重遊], to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
        gùqù, to die/death
        gùyǒu, old friend/deceased friend
        míngzhīgùfàn, deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
        gùjìchóngyǎn, to repeat an old stratagem/up to one's old tricks
        fēiqīnfēigù, [非親非故], lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)/fig. unrelated to one another in an...
        gùguó, [故國], country with an ancient history
        gùtàifùméng, [故態復萌], to revert to old ways
        rúgù, as before/as usual/(to be) like old friends
        yīngù, for some reason
        gùshipiàn, fictional film/feature film
        
        yīránrúgù, back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement/Things haven't changed ...
        gùjì, usual trick/old tactics
        jiègù, to find an excuse
        gùyuán, [故園], one's hometown
        gùér, therefore
        wánggù, to die/to pass away
        wēngùzhīxīn, [溫故知新], to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)/to recall the past...
        gùcǐ, therefore
        gùdì, once familiar places/former haunts
        gùzhǐ, old site/site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
        gùzhái, former home
        tǔgùnàxīn, [吐故納新], lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fi...
        
        gùjiāo, former acquaintance/old friend
        zérènshìgù, [責任事故], accident occurring due to negligence
        yuángù, variant of 緣故|缘故[yuán gù]
        tāxiāngyùgùzhī, [他鄉遇故知], meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
        bìnggù, to die of an illness

        cāozòng, [操縱], to operate/to control/to rig/to manipulate
        zònghuǒ, [縱火], to set on fire/to commit arson
        fàngzòng, [放縱], to indulge/to pamper/to connive at/permissive/indulgent/self-indulgent/unrestrai...
        zònghuǒfàn, [縱火犯], arsonist
        zòngróng, [縱容], to indulge/to connive at
        zòng, [縱], warp (the vertical threads in weaving)/vertical/longitudinal/north-south (lines ...
        zòngduì, [縱隊], column/file/CL:列[liè],路[lù]
        zòngqíng, [縱情], to your heart's content
        yùqíngùzòng, [欲擒故縱], In order to capture, one must let loose./to loosen the reins only to grasp them ...
        cāozònggǎn, [操縱桿], joystick/control lever
        zònghéng, [縱橫], lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal/length and breadth/cris...
        zòngguān, [縱觀], to survey comprehensively/an overall survey
        zòngxiàng, [縱向], longitudinal/vertical
        zòngshēn, [縱身], to leap/to spring/to throw oneself
        shāozòngjíshì, [稍縱即逝], transient/fleeting
使         zòngshǐ, [縱使], even if/even though
        
        zòngrán, [縱然], even if/even though
        zòngshēn, [縱深], depth (from front to rear)/depth (into a territory)/span (of time)/(fig.) depth ...
        jiāozòng, [嬌縱], to indulge (a child)/to pamper/to spoil
        zònggé, [縱隔], mediastinum (organs and tissues in the thorax between the lungs)
        zònghéngjiāocuò, [縱橫交錯], criss-crossed (idiom)
        
        
        zònglǎn, [縱覽], panoramic view/wide survey
        
        zònghéngchíchěng, [縱橫馳騁], to criss-cross/to run unhindered across the whole country

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