shēng​qín

to capture alive

  • created reference approved 生擒 → 活捉 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    生擒 shēng​qín

    活捉 huó​zhuō

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 生擒 · shēng​qín · to capture alive — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    生擒

    shēng​qín

    to capture alive

    to capture or take alive, especially an enemy or criminal

    生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to live 擒 (literal) → 擒 · qín · to capture

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense