侦察 (偵察)
zhēn chá
Pinyin

Definition

侦察 (偵察)
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zhēn chá
  1. to investigate a crime
  2. to scout
  3. to reconnoiter
  4. reconnaissance
  5. detection
  6. a scout

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

观察
guān chá
  1. 1 to observe
  2. 2 to watch
  3. 3 to survey
  4. 4 to examine
  5. 5 observation
  6. 6 view
  7. 7 perspective
  8. 8 classifier: 个 gè
警察
jǐng chá
  1. 1 police
  2. 2 police officer
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
侦察
zhēn chá
  1. 1 to investigate a crime
  2. 2 to scout
  3. 3 to reconnoiter
  4. 4 reconnaissance
  5. 5 detection
  6. 6 a scout
失察
shī chá
  1. 1 to fail in observing or supervising
  2. 2 to miss
  3. 3 to let sth slip through
察
Chá
  1. 1 short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Chá hā ěr]

Idioms (6)

察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
察言观色
chá yán guān sè
  1. 1 to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)
  2. 2 to discern what sb thinks from his body language
明察暗访
míng chá àn fǎng
  1. 1 open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
  2. 2 taking information from all sides
明察秋毫
míng chá qiū háo
  1. 1 lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
暗察明访
àn chá míng fǎng
  1. 1 open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
  2. 2 taking information from all sides

Sample Sentences

审判长，经过警方的进一步侦察，发现那颗纽扣的主人就是被害人王冠伟的情妇王美娜。
shěnpànzhǎng ，jīngguò jǐngfāng de jìnyībù zhēnchá ，fāxiàn nà kē niǔkòu de zhǔrén jiùshì bèihàirén Wáng Guànwěi de qíngfù Wáng Měinà 。
Your Honor, after further police investigation, it was discovered that the button's owner was none other than the victim, Wang Guanwei's mistress, Wang Meinuo.
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