探员 (探員)
tàn yuán
Pinyin

Definition

探员 (探員)
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tàn yuán
  1. detective
  2. investigator
  3. agent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

侦探
zhēn tàn
  1. 1 detective
  2. 2 to do detective work
探
tàn
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to search out
  3. 3 to scout
  4. 4 to visit
  5. 5 to stretch forward
探索
tàn suǒ
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to probe
勘探
kān tàn
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to survey
  3. 3 to prospect (for oil etc)
  4. 4 prospecting
密探
mì tàn
  1. 1 secret agent
  2. 2 detective
  3. 3 covert investigator

Idioms (4)

巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
  1. 1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
  2. 2 nosy
探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
  1. 1 to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
  2. 2 in the bag
探头探脑
tàn tóu tàn nǎo
  1. 1 to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
探骊得珠
tàn lí dé zhū
  1. 1 to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
  2. 2 to see through to the nub

Sample Sentences

两个小时后，探员们重新在85号楼下集合，一起分析各自所获得的线索。
liǎng gè xiǎoshí hòu ，tànyuán men chóngxīn zài bāshíwǔ hào lóu xià jíhé ，yīqǐ fēnxī gèzì suǒ huòdé de xiànsuǒ 。
Two hours later, the agents gathered once again at building 85 to analyze the clues that each person had collected.
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探员小陈说：“局长，这次肯定也是恶作剧。”
tànyuán Xiǎo Chén shuō ：“júzhǎng ，zhècì kěndìng yě shì èzuòjù 。”
Investigator Xiao Chen said, "Chief, this is definitely just another prank."
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