栽赃
zāizāng
to frame someone; to plant false evidence
Characters in this word
赃 zāng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 调查显示，那些所谓证据是有人故意栽赃给这名记者的。 Diàochá xiǎnshì, nàxiē suǒwèi zhèngjù shì yǒu rén gùyì zāizāng gěi zhè míng jìzhě de. The investigation showed that the so-called evidence had been deliberately planted to frame the journalist.
- 有人想栽赃我偷了钱，幸好监控录像还我清白。 Yǒurén xiǎng zāizāng wǒ tōule qián, xìnghǎo jiānkòng lùxiàng huán wǒ qīngbái. Someone tried to frame me for stealing money; luckily the security footage cleared my name.
- 他拒绝栽赃同学，宁可自己承担后果也要说实话。 Tā jùjué zāizāng tóngxué, nìngkě zìjǐ chéngdān hòuguǒ yě yào shuō shíhuà. He refused to frame his classmate; he would rather bear the consequences himself than lie.
Related words
- 栽 zāi to plant; to fall down
- 栽培 zāipéi to cultivate; to grow
- 折磨 zhémó to torment; to torture; to make suffer
- 陷害 xiànhài to frame; to set someone up
- 折腾 zhēteng to toss about; to trouble; to torment; to busy oneself with
- 走私 zǒusī to smuggle
- 屠杀 túshā to massacre; slaughter
- 踪迹 zōngjì trace; tracks; whereabouts
- 阴谋 yīnmóu conspiracy; plot
- 侦探 zhēntàn detective; to detect; to investigate
- 重创 zhòngchuāng to inflict heavy damage; to suffer a severe blow
- 侦查 zhēnchá to investigate; criminal investigation