探察
tàn chá
Pinyin

Definition

探察
 - 
tàn chá
  1. to investigate
  2. to observe
  3. to scout
  4. to seek out and examine
  5. to explore

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
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 CL:個|个[gè]
警察
jǐng chá
  1. 1 police
  2. 2 police officer
  3. 3 CL:個|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
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
察
Chá
  1. 1 short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Chá hā ěr]
察觉
chá jué
  1. 1 to sense
  2. 2 to perceive
  3. 3 to become aware of
  4. 4 to detect
探奇
tàn qí
  1. 1 to seek unusual scenery or places
探寻
tàn xún
  1. 1 to search
  2. 2 to seek
  3. 3 to explore
探戈
tàn gē
  1. 1 tango (dance) (loanword)
探望
tàn wàng
  1. 1 to visit
  2. 2 to call on sb
  3. 3 to look around
探班
tàn bān
  1. 1 to check on sb at his workplace
  2. 2 to come to a movie set to visit one of the actors
探知
tàn zhī
  1. 1 to find out
  2. 2 to ascertain
  3. 3 to get an idea of
探秘
tàn mì
  1. 1 to explore a mystery
  2. 2 to probe the unknown
探究
tàn jiū
  1. 1 to investigate
  2. 2 to delve
  3. 3 to probe
  4. 4 to enquire into
  5. 5 to look into
探亲
tàn qīn
  1. 1 to go home to visit one's family
探讨
tàn tǎo
  1. 1 to investigate
  2. 2 to probe

Idioms (10)

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
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
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
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒
shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú
  1. 1 water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)

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