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抓住

zhuā zhù

HSK 3 · word 2164 of 3,000

Meaning

• to grab hold of; to capture

Example sentence

Characters in 抓住

• 抓 zhuā to grab
• 住 zhù to live; to reside; to stay

抓 to grab plus 住, marking the action holding fast. 住 does this after verbs: 记住, 站住.

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