触犯 (chù fàn) — (transitive) to violate (a law, rule, regulation); (transitive) to offend (a person, someone's dignity or feelings)
Definition
触犯 covers both violating rules and offending people. For laws/rules it is close to 违反 but carries a stronger sense of trespassing the law; for people it overlaps with 冒犯/得罪.
verb
(transitive) to violate (a law, rule, regulation)(transitive) to offend (a person, someone's dignity or feelings)
Examples
- 触犯。Rèn hé rén dōu bù néng chù fàn guó jiā de fǎ lǜ.No one can violate the country's laws.
- 触犯。Nǐ nà yàng shuō huà huì chù fàn tā de rén gé.Speaking that way will offend his personal dignity.
- 触犯。Tā yīn wèi chù fàn le gōng sī guī dìng ér bèi chǔ fèn.He was penalized for violating company regulations.
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