day 129missing persons

missing persons

Talk about a missing person, a police search and the plot of a crime novel, and use 得以 (be able to), 只得 (have no choice but) and 總得 (must, after all).

today’s words

• 失蹤 shīzōng · go missing, disappear
• 受害 shòuhài · be harmed, fall victim
• 虐待 nüèdài · maltreat, abuse
• 歹徒 dǎitú · criminal, gangster (written)
• 屍體 shītǐ · (dead) body
• 嫌疑 xiányí · suspicion
• 巡邏 xúnluó · patrol
• 指紋 zhǐwén · fingerprint
• 治安 zhì'ān · public order, public safety
• 勾結 gōujié · collude, gang up with
• 流氓 liúmáng · hooligan, thug
• 不法 bùfǎ · unlawful, illegal
• 破案 pò'àn · crack a case, solve a crime
• 涉嫌 shèxián · be suspected of
• 通緝 tōngqì · put out a wanted notice for
• 查明 chámíng · find out, establish (the facts)
• 得以 déyǐ · be able to (thanks to something)
• 只得 zhǐdé · have no choice but to
• 總得 zǒngděi · must, have to (after all)
• 倍數 bèishù · multiple
• 並重 bìngzhòng · lay equal stress on
• 促 cù · urge; promote (written)
• 風化 fēnghuà · weather, erode (rock, walls)

sentences

• 隔壁的老先生昨天晚上失蹤了。 · The old man next door went missing last night.
• 警察整個晚上都在附近巡邏。 · The police patrolled the area all night.
• 找不到人，我們只得報案。 · We couldn’t find him, so we had no choice but to call the police.
• 多虧大家幫忙，他才得以平安回家。 · Thanks to everyone’s help, he was able to get home safely.
• 再忙，總得給家人打個電話吧。 · However busy you are, you’ve got to call your family.