欲擒故纵 meaning in English
leave sb. at large the better to apprehend him; allow sb. more latitude first to keep a tighter rein on him afterwards; let the enemy off in order to catch him later; play cat and mouse (with sb.) 短语和例子
Examples
- Let 's give him line enough and find out what he is doing .
我们对他来个欲擒故纵，看看他还要干些什么。 - Well , i guess she ' s trying to play hard - to - get
嗯,大概想跟我玩欲擒故纵的游戏吧 - B : well , i guess she ' s trying to play hard - to - get
嗯,大概想跟我玩欲擒故纵的游戏吧 - God , that is so lame . reverse psychology
老天，就你这招？欲擒故纵？ - I am not playing hard to get
我不是想玩欲擒故纵的游戏。