Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「手到擒來」 today for free with this guide.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「手到擒來」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Capture: catch. Originally it meant that the enemy could be captured in a short battle, and later it was used as a metaphor for doing things with confidence and without any effort.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shǒu dào qín lái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sau2 dou3/dou2 kam4 loi4
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