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We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「捉賊捉贓」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「捉賊捉贓」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

It is a metaphor that when dealing with matters of right and wrong, one should base one’s actions on facts.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhuō zéi zhuō zāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

juk1 chaak2 juk1 jong1

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