七擒七縱qi qin qi zong
capture and release seven times—referring to a story in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms,in which Zhuge Liang,the prime minister of Shu and famous military strategist,is described as having captured and released the chief of an ethnic tribe seven times to win him over finally
七擒七縱qī qín qī zònɡ
擒:捉拿;縱:放。比喻有收有放地控制對方。capture and release seven times, use strategy to let the opponent sincerely convinced