探险 (探險)
tàn xiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

探险 (探險)
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tàn xiǎn
  1. to explore
  2. to go on an expedition
  3. adventure

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

我在网上浏览新闻，看有没有关于泰国一位足球教练带领十二个小运动员探险失踪的报道，这段时间我一直关注着。
wǒ zài wǎngshàng liúlǎn xīnwén ，kàn yǒuméiyǒu guānyú Tàiguó yī wèi zúqiú jiàoliàn dàilǐng shíèr ge xiǎo yùndòngyuán tànxiǎn shīzōng de bàodào ，zhè duàn shíjiān wǒ yīzhí guānzhù zhe 。
I’m browsing the internet for news on the latest developments of a group of 12 boys and their football coach who had gone missing while on a training excursion to the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. I’ve been following closely this news recently.
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迪士尼乐园都差不多吧，都是主题乐园，像“米奇大街”啦，“探险岛”啦，这样的。
Díshìní lèyuán dōu chàbuduō ba ，dōu shì zhǔtílèyuán ，xiàng “mǐqí dàjiē ”la ，“tànxiǎn dǎo ”la ，zhèyàng de 。
All the Disneylands are pretty similar, no? They are all theme parks, with "Mickey Avenue", "Adventure Isle" and so on.
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小伙子，你买这么多东西干吗？要去爬山，探险是吧？
xiǎohuǒzi ，nǐ mǎi zhème duō dōngxi gànmá ？yào qù páshān ，tànxiǎn shì ba ？
Young man, why are you buying so much stuff? Are you going adventuring in the mountains?
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哦，看你这模样不像是考古队或是探险队的。怎么一个人来？没有同伴吗？
ō ，kàn nǐ zhè múyàng bù xiàng shì kǎogǔ duì huò shì tànxiǎn duì de 。zěnme yī ge rén lái ？méiyǒu tóngbàn ma ？
Oh...Doesn't really look like you're in an archaeological or exploration team. Why did you come on your own? You don't have a partner?
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罗布泊之谜 》 ？小伙子，你要去这里探险吗？
Luóbùpō zhī mí 》 ？xiǎohuǒzi ，nǐ yào qù zhèlǐ tànxiǎn ma ？
``Riddles of the Lop Nor"? Are you going to explore it, young man?
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你可以骑摩托车去西藏或者新疆。我们最近为好几位客人设计了线路。可以根据你的要求走。一路看、一路玩。你可以看到各种各样的风土人情，还有探险的感觉。很过瘾的。
nǐ kěyǐ qí mótuōchē qù Xīzàng huòzhě Xīnjiāng 。wǒmen zuìjìn wèi hǎo jǐ wèi kèren shèjì le xiànlù 。kěyǐ gēnjù nǐ de yāoqiú zǒu 。yīlù kàn 、yīlù wán 。nǐ kěyǐ kàndào gèzhǒnggèyàng de fēngtǔrénqíng ，hái yǒu tànxiǎn de gǎnjué 。hěn guòyǐn de 。
You could ride a motorbike to Tibet or Xinjiang. We recently arranged a travel route for quite a few clients. You can go according to your requirements. Sightsee on the road. You can see all sorts of local scenery and customs, and it has the feel of adventure. It's really an experience.
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说起岩洞探险，当然要数桂林和重庆的岩洞最有名了。不过都已经开发得差不多了，而且游客又多，谈不上什么探险。
shuōqǐ yándòng tànxiǎn ，dāngrán yào shǔ Guìlín hé Chóngqìng de yándòng zuì yǒumíng le 。bùguò dōu yǐjīng kāifā de chàbuduō le ，érqiě yóukè yòu duō ，tánbushàng shénme tànxiǎn 。
If it's spelunking, of course Guilin and Chongqing rank the most famous. But they're all more or less totally developed, and there are lots of tourists, so you can't call it exploring.
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岩洞探险哪里好呢？
yándòng tànxiǎn nǎli hǎo ne ？
Where is good for spelunking?
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你是说探险一类的？
nǐ shì shuō tànxiǎn yī lèi de ？
You mean the adventure type?
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You know what? There's a deep connection between Chaplin and China. Chaplin and his then-wife Bao Lian always dreamed of exploring the Orient. Once he flew to Honolulu, and he and Bao Lian were married in Guangzhou, China.
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