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骗取 (piàn qǔ) — to obtain (sth.) by fraud, to defraud

Definition

verb
to obtain (sth.) by fraudto defraud

Examples

  • 骗取。
    Tā tōng guò wěi zào wén jiàn piàn qǔ le jù é zī jīn.
    He defrauded a huge amount of money by forging documents.
  • 骗取。
    Zhè zhǒng shǒu duàn zhuān mén yòng lái piàn qǔ lǎo nián rén de yǎng lǎo jīn.
    This kind of tactic is specifically used to defraud the elderly of their pensions.
  • 骗取。
    Jǐng fāng pò huò le yí gè piàn qǔ xìn rèn de zhà piàn tuán huǒ.
    The police cracked down on a fraud ring that gained trust through deception.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

骗piànfraud
取qǔobtain

“骗” refers to fraud and “取” to obtaining; together they mean gain by deception.

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 騙; 骗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎhorse
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn騙piàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 騙 pairs 馬 (horse) with 扁, which gives the sound; it originally meant to mount a horse by swinging a leg across it. The simplified 骗 is a later abbreviation.

Open 骗 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

取 pairs 又 (hand) with 耳 (ear), showing a hand taking an ear, as in taking the ear of fallen prey.

Open 取 →
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