捉

闭塞眼睛捉麻雀

bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què

lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)

关门捉贼

guān mén zhuō zéi

to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)

难以捉摸

nán yǐ zhuō mō

elusive

不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫

bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo

it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)

捉捕

zhuō bǔ

to arrest

捉住

zhuō zhù

to catch

捉取

zhuō qǔ

to capture

捉奸

zhuō jiān

to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)

捉对

zhuō duì

to pair off (for a confrontation)

捉弄

zhuō nòng

to tease

捉急

zhuō jí

humorous pronunciation of 著急|着急[zhao2 ji2]

捉拿

zhuō ná

to arrest