强盗 (qiángdào) — robber; bandit

Characters in this word

Strokes: 12
Radical: 弓 — bow
Made of: 弓 bow 虽 although, even though
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

影片把强盗塑造成复杂人物，而不是简单的恶棍。 Yǐngpiàn bǎ qiángdào sùzào chéng fùzá rénwù, ér bú shì jiǎndān de ègùn. The film shapes the robber into a complex figure rather than a simple villain.
这个村庄曾遭到强盗袭击，村民只好搬到山下。 Zhège cūnzhuāng céng zāodào qiángdào xíjī, cūnmín zhǐhǎo bān dào shānxià. This village was once attacked by bandits, so the villagers had to move down to the foot of the mountain.
警察花了半年时间，终于抓住了那伙强盗。 Jǐngchá huāle bànnián shíjiān, zhōngyú zhuāzhùle nà huǒ qiángdào. The police spent half a year and finally caught that gang of robbers.