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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *犯* | 犯* | *犯
to violate / to offend / to assault / criminal / crime / to make a mistake / recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
HSK 6
criminal law
HSK 7-9
(fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces)
convict / prisoner / criminal
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嫌* | 嫌* | *嫌
to dislike / suspicion / resentment / enmity / abbr. for 嫌犯, criminal suspect
HSK 6
criminal; lawbreaker; outlaw
electric chair (used to execute criminals)
Goran Hadžić (1958-2016), Croatian Serb leader until 1994, indicted war criminal
criminal record
to detain as criminal / criminal detention
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal)
a criminal case
to solve a criminal case
HSK 7-9
a criminal
corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example
runaway (idiom); desperate criminal / fugitive
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
to escort a criminal under guard (in former times)
police and criminals / (genre of fiction) crime
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
HSK 7-9
criminal suspect
Criminal Investigation Bureau
evil forces / criminal elements
to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted
HSK 7-9
criminal / culprit / suspect (old)
recidivist / habitual criminal
(criminal) suspect
criminal; penal
victim (of a criminal) / party involved (in a dispute etc) / main instigator
to arrest / to catch a criminal
Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB)
lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom) / fig. to associate with criminals
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
HSK 7-9
old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
HSK 7-9
(criminal) gang / gang member / accomplice / crony
HSK 7-9
forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
young criminal / juvenile delinquent
accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse
public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution)
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured
criminal offense
gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents)
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)
escaped criminal; fugitive from the law
to handle a (criminal) case
to criminalize (an activity)
criminal police / member of the criminal police
person who harbors criminals / receiver (of stolen goods)
long table; counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal / Taiwan pr. [bi4 bu3]
to roam all over the place / to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate / (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run; to flee and try to hide
criminal
HSK 7-9
(law) plaintiff (in a civil case); prosecutor (in a criminal case)
criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate
criminal case
criminal / perpetrator
a noose for hanging criminals
to execute (a condemned criminal)
gang-related case / criminal case
criminal activity
Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
criminal; offender
criminal caught red-handed
arch-criminal / master criminal
criminal procedure
(law) to try (a criminal case) and reach a conclusion
war criminal
criminal court / judiciary court
criminal procedure / abbr. for 刑事訴訟法|刑事诉讼法
bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
to prosecute (criminal) / the prosecution
Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals
pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction
to cut the corpse of a criminal into pieces
common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桁* | 桁* | *桁
cangue (stocks to punish criminals)
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered / outside the reach of the law (of criminal) / at large
criminal charge / accusation
minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)
criminal intent
occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act) / to take place / to occur / to advertise freelance work
public prosecution / criminal prosecution
criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察)
to be at large (of a criminal)
criminal to be executed / to execute a criminal
a criminal gang
having an extensive criminal record
criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem
to detain as criminal / criminal detention / abbr. for 刑事拘留
bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黥* | 黥* | *黥
to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead
incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
major criminal
police classification / subdivision of policing activities (traffic, border guard, criminal etc)
criminal court
criminal investigation

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