关门捉贼 guan1 men2 zhuo1 zei2

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

Traditional: 關門捉賊

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guan1

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zhuo1

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English Phonetic: 'idiәm
Detailed Definition: n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up