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抓住 (zhuā zhù): To grab hold of (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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抓住 consists of 2 characters.

to live; stay (a number of nights)

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Pinyinzhuā zhù

Meaningto grab hold of; to capture

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxverb

Word抓住

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 抓住.

Words with 抓

抓紧zhuā jǐnHSK 5
抓人zhuā rén

Words with 住

住院zhù yuànHSK 3
入住rù zhùHSK 4
住址zhù zhǐHSK 5
住宿zhù sùHSK 5
住房zhù fángHSK 5
忍不住rěn bu zhùHSK 5
住宅zhù zháiHSK 6
居住jū zhùHSK 6

3.

Example Sentences with 抓住

māo猫

yòng用

zhuǎ爪

zi子

zhuā抓

zhù住

le了

lǎo老

shǔ鼠

。

The cat caught the mouse with its claws.

tā他

zhuā抓

zhù住

le了

táo逃

pǎo跑

de的

xiǎo小

tōu偷

jǐng警

chá察

zhuā抓

zhù住

le了

nà那

ge个

dào盗

zéi贼

jǐng警

chá察

zhuā抓

zhù住

le了

nà那

ge个

dǎi歹

tú徒

tā他

zhuā抓

zhù住

le了

duì对

fāng方

de的

bǎ把

bǐng柄

tā他

zhuā抓

zhù住

le了

xué学

xí习

de的

jī机

huì会

nà那

ge个

pàn叛

tú徒

zuì最

zhōng终

bèi被

zhuā抓

zhù住

xué学

xí习

shí时

，

yào要

zhuā抓

zhù住

zhòng重

diǎn点

jǐng警

chá察

zhuā抓

zhù住

le了

dǎi歹

tú徒

。

The police caught the criminal.

jǐng警

chá察

zhuā抓

zhù住

le了

xiōng凶

shǒu手

。

The police caught the murderer.

。

He caught the fleeing thief.

。

The police caught the thief.

。

The police caught that criminal

。

He grasped the other party's weakness or evidence.

。

He seized the opportunity to learn.

le

了

。

That traitor was finally caught.

。

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