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破获 (pò huò) — to crack (a case) and capture (criminals); to uncover and seize (contraband, a hideout)

Definition

verb
to crack (a case) and capture (criminals)to uncover and seize (contraband, a hideout)

Examples

  • 破获。
    Jǐng fāng zuì jìn pò huò le yí gè dà xíng fàn dú jí tuán.
    The police recently cracked a major drug trafficking ring.
  • 破获。
    Zhè qǐ dào qiè àn zài sān tiān nèi jiù bèi pò huò le.
    This burglary case was solved within three days.
  • 破获，。
    Tā men pò huò le yí gè dì xià dǔ chǎng, zhuā huò le èr shí duō rén.
    They uncovered an underground casino and arrested more than twenty people.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

破pòcrack
获huòcapture

crack plus capture gives uncover and seize.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
皮
皮pí破pò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

破 has 石 (stone) as its meaning part and 皮 as its sound part.

Open 破 →

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 獲; 获 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
蒦
蒦huò獲huò
Same sound today

The traditional form 獲 combines 犭 (dog) with 蒦, a sound part, to show catching animals with a dog. The simplified 获 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 获 →
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