Definition

Examples

• 警方已经抓获了这起案件的元凶。
  Jǐngfāng yǐjīng zhuāhuò le zhè qǐ ànjiàn de yuán xiōng.
  The police have captured the chief culprit of this case.
• 调查显示，他才是事故的真正元凶。
  Diàochá xiǎnshì, tā cái shì shìgù de zhēnzhèng yuán xiōng.
  The investigation shows that he is the real ringleader of the accident.
• 这个犯罪集团的元凶终于被绳之以法。
  Zhège fànzuì jítuán de yuán xiōng zhōngyú bèi shéng zhī yǐ fǎ.
  The arch-criminal of this criminal gang was finally brought to justice.