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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.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

触chùincur
犯fànoffend

触 means to touch or incur and 犯 means to offend; together they mean violating a rule or offending someone.

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 觸; 触 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
角角jiǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
蜀
蜀shǔ觸chù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 觸 uses 角 for the meaning and 蜀 for the sound; the simplified 触 is a later shorthand.

Open 触 →

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
犬犬quǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢎘
𢎘𢎘犯fàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

犯 combines 犬 and 𢎘: 犬 gives the meaning, and 𢎘 gives the sound.

Open 犯 →
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