初犯
chū fàn
Pinyin

Definition

初犯
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chū fàn
  1. first offender
  2. first offense

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

初
chū
  1. 1 at first
  2. 2 (at the) beginning
  3. 3 first
  4. 4 junior
  5. 5 basic
初一
chū yī
  1. 1 first day of lunar month
  2. 2 New Year's Day
  3. 3 first year in junior middle school
当初
dāng chū
  1. 1 at that time
  2. 2 originally
侵犯
qīn fàn
  1. 1 to infringe on
  2. 2 to encroach on
  3. 3 to violate
  4. 4 to assault
初三
chū sān
  1. 1 third year in junior middle school
初中
chū zhōng
  1. 1 junior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué]
初二
chū èr
  1. 1 2nd year in junior middle school
  2. 2 2nd day of a lunar month
  3. 3 2nd day of lunar New Year
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
初恋
chū liàn
  1. 1 first love
初期
chū qī
  1. 1 initial stage
  2. 2 beginning period
初步
chū bù
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 preliminary
  3. 3 tentative
初生
chū shēng
  1. 1 newborn
  2. 2 nascent
  3. 3 primary (biology)
初级
chū jí
  1. 1 junior
  2. 2 primary
初衷
chū zhōng
  1. 1 original intention
如初
rú chū
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 as ever
嫌犯
xián fàn
  1. 1 criminal suspect
年初
nián chū
  1. 1 beginning of the year
最初
zuì chū
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 primary
  3. 3 initial
  4. 4 original
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 initially
  7. 7 originally
犯
fàn
  1. 1 to violate
  2. 2 to offend
  3. 3 to assault
  4. 4 criminal
  5. 5 crime
  6. 6 to make a mistake
  7. 7 recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
犯人
fàn rén
  1. 1 convict
  2. 2 prisoner
  3. 3 criminal

Idioms (15)

倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
  1. 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius
悔不当初
huǐ bù dāng chū
  1. 1 to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
  1. 1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
明知故犯
míng zhī gù fàn
  1. 1 deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
河水不犯井水
hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
  2. 2 Mind your own business.
犯上作乱
fàn shàng zuò luàn
  1. 1 to rebel against the emperor (idiom)
知法犯法
zhī fǎ fàn fǎ
  1. 1 to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
秋毫无犯
qiū háo wú fàn
  1. 1 (idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offence against civilians
躲得过初一，躲不过十五
duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ
  1. 1 lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't put it off forever
  3. 3 sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
靡不有初，鲜克有终
mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng
  1. 1 almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

Sample Sentences

挪用公款这种事，没人救得了你！上次你单位小、层级低，而且念在你是初犯，我还能帮你敷衍过去，没想到你竟然一犯再犯！
nuóyòng gōngkuǎn zhèzhǒng shì ，méi rén jiù dé liǎo nǐ ！shàngcì nǐ dānwèi xiǎo 、céngjí dī ，érqiě niàn zài nǐ shì chūfàn ，wǒ hái néng bāng nǐ fūyǎn guòqù ，méi xiǎng dào nǐ jìngrán yí fàn zài fàn ！
Misappropriating public funds isn't something you can be rescued from! Last time you working at a small place, at a low level, so given that it was your first offence, I was just about able to smooth things over for you. I never thought you would just go on to do the same thing over and over again!
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