day 131organised crime
unit 19 · law & crimeorganised crime
Tell the story of an old criminal case (the crime, the witness, the sentence) and give rough numbers with 不下 (no fewer than) and 餘 (more than).
today’s words
- 警衛 jǐngwèi · guard, security guard
- 罪惡 zuì'è · evil, wickedness
- 法令 fǎlìng · laws and decrees
- 黑社會 hēishèhuì · organised crime, gangs
- 勒索 lèsuǒ · extort
- 前科 qiánkē · criminal record
- 時效 shíxiào · time limit; statute of limitations
- 偷渡 tōudù · cross a border illegally, stow away
- 血跡 xiějī · bloodstain
- 追捕 zhuībǔ · pursue and capture, hunt down
- 罪名 zuìmíng · charge (a named offence)
- 罪行 zuìxìng · crime, criminal act
- 作證 zuòzhèng · testify, give evidence
- 坐牢 zuòláo · be in prison
- 案情 ànqíng · details of a case
- 殘殺 cánshā · slaughter, massacre
- 餘 yú · more than, over (number + 餘)
- 不下 bùxià · no fewer than, at least
- 分貝 fēnbèi · decibel
- 不再 bùzài · no longer
- 等價 děngjià · of equal value
- 購 gòu · buy (written)
sentences
- 四十年前，有流氓向小販勒索保護費。 · Forty years ago, thugs extorted protection money from stallholders.
- 許伯伯出來作證，一點也不怕。 · Uncle Xu came forward to testify, and he wasn’t afraid at all.
- 那個老大後來坐牢坐了十餘年。 · The gang boss ended up spending more than ten years in prison.
- 這位警察抓過的歹徒不下一百個。 · This police officer has caught no fewer than a hundred criminals.
- 市場裡不再有流氓了。 · There are no more thugs in the market.