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警探
jǐng tàn
Pinyin
Definition
警探
-
jǐng tàn
police detective
Character Decomposition
警
艹
勹
口
⺙
言
探
扌
⺳
木
Related Words
(20)
交警
jiāo jǐng
1
traffic police
2
abbr. for 交通警察
侦探
zhēn tàn
1
detective
2
to do detective work
探
tàn
1
to explore
2
to search out
3
to scout
4
to visit
5
to stretch forward
探索
tàn suǒ
1
to explore
2
to probe
特警
tè jǐng
1
SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics)
2
riot police
3
abbr. for 特種警察|特种警察[tè zhǒng jǐng chá]
警察
jǐng chá
1
police
2
police officer
3
CL:個|个[gè]
刑警
xíng jǐng
1
abbr. for 刑事警察[xíng shì jǐng chá]
2
criminal police
勘探
kān tàn
1
to explore
2
to survey
3
to prospect (for oil etc)
4
prospecting
报警
bào jǐng
1
to sound an alarm
2
to report sth to the police
女警
nu:3 jǐng
1
policewoman
密探
mì tàn
1
secret agent
2
detective
3
covert investigator
巡警
xún jǐng
1
police officer
干警
gàn jǐng
1
police
2
police cadres
探奇
tàn qí
1
to seek unusual scenery or places
探寻
tàn xún
1
to search
2
to seek
3
to explore
探戈
tàn gē
1
tango (dance) (loanword)
探望
tàn wàng
1
to visit
2
to call on sb
3
to look around
探班
tàn bān
1
to check on sb at his workplace
2
to come to a movie set to visit one of the actors
探知
tàn zhī
1
to find out
2
to ascertain
3
to get an idea of
探秘
tàn mì
1
to explore a mystery
2
to probe the unknown
Idioms
(7)
以示警戒
yǐ shì jǐng jiè
1
to serve as a warning (idiom)
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
1
to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
2
nosy
惩一警百
chéng yī jǐng bǎi
1
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
2
fig. to make an example of sb
3
also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[chéng yī jǐng bǎi]
探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
1
to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
2
in the bag
探头探脑
tàn tóu tàn nǎo
1
to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
探骊得珠
tàn lí dé zhū
1
to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
2
to see through to the nub
杀鸡警猴
shā jī jǐng hóu
1
lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
2
pour encourager les autres
Sample Sentences