行凶 (xíng xiōng) — to commit a violent assault (often with a weapo…

Definition

Formal, written-style verb for carrying out a violent assault or killing — used in news, police, and legal contexts rather than casual speech.

verb

to commit a violent assault (often with a weapon)to commit murder

行凶，。
Nà ge zuì fàn zài jiē shàng xíng xiōng, bèi jǐng chá dāng chǎng zhuā huò.
That criminal committed a violent assault on the street and was caught on the spot by the police.
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Tā yīn xíng guò yí cì xiōng, bèi pàn le shí wǔ nián.
He was sentenced to fifteen years for committing one assault.
行凶。
Xiàn chǎng jiān kòng jì lù xià le xíng xiōng de quán guò chéng.
The surveillance camera recorded the entire process of the assault.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

行xíngcarry out

行 means to carry out and 凶 means violence, so 行凶 is to carry out a violent attack.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

凶 originally drew a hole with a lump of rock, mud, stone, or bamboo in it.

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