- In order to capture, one must let loose.
- to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
Characters
- 欲 (慾): desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed
- 擒 (擒): to capture
- 故 (故): happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 纵 (縱): warp (the vertical threads in weaving); vertical; longitudinal; north-south (lines of longitude); lengthwise; to release; to indulge; even if
Resources
- Wiktionary: 欲擒故纵
- MDBG: 欲擒故纵
- Examples with 欲擒故纵 on Tatoeba
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