捉	104A50   10A.83-4	部居	畫數  10	ㄓㄨㄛ [zhuo1] .
V	(1)  To clutch: 捉筆 to wield the pen; 捉刀 [zhuo1dao1]↓; 一沐三捉髮 (allu.) to tie up hair three times during a bath in order to see callers--　busy, attentive in government affairs; 捉襟見肘 cannot make the ends meet; 捉迷藏 play hide-and-seek. (2)  To catch (rat), arrest (thief): 捉拿，捕捉 ditto; 捉姦 catch adultery in the act.
Words	1.捉鼻 [zhuo1bi2], v.i., (LL) hold one's nose in contempt.  2.捉刀 [zhuo1dao1], v.t., to write examination papers, etc., by other than true candidate or writer (allu.: 曹操 held a knife watching while s.o. wrote for him).  3.捉弄 [zhuo1long4], v.t., to play trick upon (s.o.).  4.捉狹 [zhuo1xia2], adj., & adv., mischievous, calculating; 捉狹鬼 (abuse) nasty, mean fellow.