關門捉賊

Chinese

		to close the door; to close for business; to close down	to clutch; to grab; to capture	thief
trad. (關門捉賊)		關門	捉	賊
simp. (关门捉贼)		关门	捉	贼
Literally: “to shut the door to catch the thief”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānménzhuōzéi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄛㄗㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ mun⁴ zuk³ caak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānménzhuōzéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄛㄗㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanménjhuozéi
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-mên²-cho¹-tsei²
  - Yale: gwān-mén-jwō-dzéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanmenjuotzeir
  - Palladius: гуаньмэньчжоцзэй (guanʹmɛnʹčžoczɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵⁵ mən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂwɔ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ mun⁴ zuk³ caak⁶
  - Yale: gwāan mùhn juk chaahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ mun⁴ dzuk⁸ tsaak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ mun⁴ zug³ cag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹ t͡sʊk̚³ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

Idiom

關門捉賊

(figurative) to capture the enemy by cutting off their escape route

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