盯梢 (dīng shāo) — to tail, to shadow (someone)
Definition
To secretly follow or watch someone, like a detective or police tailing a suspect. It implies covert surveillance rather than simply going after someone.
verb
to tailto shadow (someone)
Examples
- 盯梢。Biàn yī jǐng chá zài dīng shāo nà ge kě yí de rén.The plainclothes police are tailing that suspicious person.
- 。Tā men dīng le nà ge xián yí rén de shāo hǎo jǐ gè xiǎo shí.They shadowed that suspect for several hours.
- 盯梢。Sī jiā zhēn tàn bèi pài qù dīng shāo mù biāo rén wù.The private detective was sent to tail the target person.
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