收缴 (收繳)
shōu jiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

收缴 (收繳)
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shōu jiǎo
  1. to recover (illegally obtained property)
  2. to seize
  3. to capture
  4. to force sb to hand over sth
  5. to levy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

收
shōu
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to collect
  4. 4 to put away
  5. 5 to restrain
  6. 6 to stop
  7. 7 in care of (used on address line after name)
收到
shōu dào
  1. 1 to receive
收拾
shōu shi
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to pack
  4. 4 to repair
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
收获
shōu huò
收藏
shōu cáng
  1. 1 to hoard
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 collection
  4. 4 to bookmark (Internet)

Idioms (16)

兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
  1. 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
  2. 2 eclectic
  3. 3 all-embracing
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
  1. 1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 both virtue and reward
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing

Sample Sentences

新闻）截至上月，本市民警共收缴仿真枪80支，将在本月20号集中销毁。
xīnwén ）jiézhì shàngyuè ，běnshì mínjǐng gòng shōujiǎo fǎngzhēnqiāng bāshí zhī ，jiāng zài běnyuè èr shí hào jízhōng xiāohuǐ 。
(News broadcast) As of last month, city police have confiscated 80 replica guns. On the 20th of this month, these guns will be collected and destroyed.
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