走私
zǒusī
to smuggle
Characters in this word
私 sī
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 跨境走私不仅破坏市场秩序，也可能威胁公共安全。 Kuàjìng zǒusī bùjǐn pòhuài shìchǎng zhìxù, yě kěnéng wēixié gōnggòng ānquán. Cross-border smuggling not only disrupts market order but may also threaten public safety.
- 海关查获了一批走私香烟，价值高达数百万元。 Hǎiguān cháhuòle yī pī zǒusī xiāngyān, jiàzhí gāodá shùbǎi wàn yuán. Customs seized a batch of smuggled cigarettes worth several million yuan.
- 那里地形复杂，走私者常从山路偷偷越境。 Nàlǐ dìxíng fùzá, zǒusī zhě cháng cóng shānlù tōutōu yuèjìng. The terrain there is complicated, so smugglers often secretly cross the border along mountain paths.
Related words
- 走 zǒu to walk, to go
- 走路 zǒulù to walk, to go on foot
- 走过 zǒuguò to walk past
- 走进 zǒujìn to walk into
- 走开 zǒukāi to go away
- 逃走 táozǒu to run away; to escape
- 走廊 zǒuláng corridor
- 出走 chūzǒu to run away; to leave home or one’s original place
- 东奔西走 dōngbēnxīzǒu to run around busily; to rush about here and there
- 飞禽走兽 fēiqínzǒushòu birds and beasts; all kinds of animals
- 走过场 zǒuguòchǎng to go through the motions; to do something perfunctorily
- 走弯路 zǒuwānlù to take a detour; to go the wrong way; to make avoidable mistakes