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The idiom 「捉賊見贓」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Dirty: property obtained through theft, embezzlement or bribery. To catch a thief you must see the stolen goods. It means that there must be real evidence.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhuō zéi jiàn zāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

juk1 chaak2 gin3 jong1

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