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销赃 (xiāo zāng) — to dispose of stolen goods; to fence stolen property

Definition

销赃 (xiāo zāng) means to dispose of or resell stolen goods — a specific legal/criminal term, not a general verb for 'get rid of'. Always refers to handling stolen property (赃).

verb
to dispose of stolen goodsto fence stolen property

Examples

  • 销赃。
    Tā yīn wèi xiāo zāng bèi pàn le sān nián.
    He was sentenced to three years for disposing of stolen goods.
  • 销赃。
    Jǐng chá zhuā zhù le nà ge xiāo zāng de rén.
    The police caught the person who was fencing stolen goods.
  • ，。
    Tā xiāo guò jǐ cì zāng, zuì hòu bèi zhuā zhù le.
    He had fenced stolen goods several times before finally being caught.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

销xiāodispose of
赃zāngstolen goods

销 means to dispose of and 赃 names stolen goods, together describing selling them away.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 銷; 销 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
肖
肖xiào銷xiāo
Same sound today

The traditional form 銷 pairs 金 (metal) with 肖 as a sound part; simplified 销 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not historical components.

Open 销 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 贓; 赃 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèi
Sound part声符shēngfú
臧
臧zāng贓zāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 贓 uses 貝, the shell character, to show money, and 臧 to give the sound. The simplified 赃 is a shorthand; its right side is not the old sound part.

Open 赃 →
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