欲擒故纵 yùqíngùzòng to loosen the reins to better catch one's prey Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 欲擒故纵 欲擒故縱 yùqíngùzòng to loosen the reins to better catch one's prey To deliberately let someone go or relax control in order to make them let down their guard, making it easier to capture or control them later. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.860 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.395 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
欲擒故纵 欲擒故縱 yùqíngùzòng to loosen the reins to better catch one's prey To deliberately let someone go or relax control in order to make them let down their guard, making it easier to capture or control them later. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.860 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.395 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
