投案
tóu àn
Pinyin

Definition

投案
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tóu àn
  1. to surrender to the authorities
  2. to turn oneself in (for a crime)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

投票
tóu piào
  1. 1 to vote
  2. 2 vote
图案
tú àn
  1. 1 design
  2. 2 pattern
意气相投
yì qì xiāng tóu
  1. 1 congenial
投
tóu
  1. 1 to cast
  2. 2 to send
  3. 3 to throw oneself (into the river etc)
  4. 4 to seek refuge
  5. 5 to place oneself into the hands of
投入
tóu rù
  1. 1 to throw into
  2. 2 to put into
  3. 3 to throw oneself into
  4. 4 to participate in
  5. 5 to invest in
  6. 6 absorbed
  7. 7 engrossed
投机
tóu jī
  1. 1 to speculate (on financial markets)
  2. 2 opportunistic
  3. 3 congenial
  4. 4 agreeable
投稿
tóu gǎo
  1. 1 to submit articles for publication
  2. 2 to contribute (writing)
投胎
tóu tāi
  1. 1 to be reincarnated
投诉
tóu sù
  1. 1 complaint
  2. 2 to complain
  3. 3 to register a complaint (esp. as a customer)
投资
tóu zī
  1. 1 investment
  2. 2 to invest
投资者
tóu zī zhě
  1. 1 investor
投降
tóu xiáng
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 surrender
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
方案
fāng àn
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 program (for action etc)
  3. 3 proposal
  4. 4 proposed bill
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè],套[tào]
案
àn
  1. 1 (legal) case
  2. 2 incident
  3. 3 record
  4. 4 file
  5. 5 table
案件
àn jiàn
  1. 1 case
  2. 2 instance
  3. 3 CL:宗[zōng],樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ]
案例
àn lì
  1. 1 case (law)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
档案
dàng àn
  1. 1 file
  2. 2 record
  3. 3 archive
相投
xiāng tóu
  1. 1 agreeing with one another
  2. 2 congenial
答案
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
情投意合
qíng tóu yì hé
  1. 1 to have an affinity with each other (idiom)
  2. 2 to find each other congenial
投井下石
tóu jǐng xià shí
  1. 1 to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
投桃报李
tóu táo bào lǐ
  1. 1 toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
  2. 2 to exchange gifts
  3. 3 Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
投石问路
tóu shí wèn lù
  1. 1 lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to test the waters
投笔从戎
tóu bǐ cóng róng
  1. 1 to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)
  2. 2 to join the military (esp. of educated person)
投缳自缢
tóu huán zì yì
  1. 1 to hang oneself (idiom)
投袂而起
tóu mèi ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get excited and move to action
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
  1. 1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
  2. 2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
明珠暗投
míng zhū àn tóu
  1. 1 to cast pearls before swine (idiom)
  2. 2 not to get proper recognition for one's talents
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
病急乱投医
bìng jí luàn tóu yī
  1. 1 lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
举手投足
jǔ shǒu tóu zú
  1. 1 one's every movement (idiom)
  2. 2 comportment
  3. 3 gestures

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