Definition
劫机 is a verb-object compound (离合词) meaning 'to hijack an airplane'. The verb 劫 ('to hijack/rob') and the object 机 ('airplane') can be separated to insert aspect markers (了, 过), measure words (一次, 两次), or complements (完). For example: 劫过两次机 ('hijacked planes twice'). The object is always 机, not 飞机 — 劫机 is the standard term for the act of hijacking.
v.o.
to hijack an airplane
Examples
- 劫机。Tāmen jìhuà jié jī.They planned to hijack an airplane.
- 。Tā jié guò liǎng cì jī.He has hijacked airplanes twice.
- 劫机。Zhè cì jié jī shìjiàn zhènjīng le quán shìjiè.This hijacking incident shocked the whole world.
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