挪用
nuó yòng
Pinyin

Definition

挪用
 - 
nuó yòng
  1. to shift (funds)
  2. to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another
  3. to embezzle
  4. to misappropriate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (19)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

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!
Go to Lesson