破案
pò'àn
to solve a criminal case
Characters in this word
案 àn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 警方通过比对监控细节，终于在案发三个月后破案。 Jǐngfāng tōngguò bǐduì jiānkòng xìjié, zhōngyú zài ànfā sān gè yuè hòu pò'àn. By comparing details in surveillance footage, the police finally solved the case three months after it occurred.
- 警察花了一个星期才破案。 Jǐngchá huā le yí ge xīngqī cái pò'àn. It took the police a week to solve the case.
- 侦探小说里的人物总能很快破案。 Zhēntàn xiǎoshuō lǐ de rénwù zǒng néng hěn kuài pò'àn. The characters in detective novels can always solve a case quickly.
Related words
- 打破 dǎpò to break
- 破 pò broken
- 破坏 pòhuài to damage; to destroy
- 破产 pòchǎn to go bankrupt
- 突破 tūpò to break through
- 破除 pòchú to break/remove; to eliminate; to abolish
- 破解 pòjiě to crack; to decode; to solve
- 破旧 pòjiù worn-out; dilapidated; shabby
- 破例 pòlì to make an exception
- 破裂 pòliè to rupture; to break down; to split
- 破灭 pòmiè to be shattered; to be destroyed; to collapse
- 破碎 pòsuì to shatter; to break into pieces; fragmented