day 132behind bars
unit 19 · law & crimebehind bars
Talk about prisons, police work and court rulings, and say that something must not happen or can’t be ignored with 不容 + verb.
today’s words
- 刺殺 cìshā · assassinate
- 服刑 fúxíng · serve a (prison) sentence
- 禁令 jìnlìng · ban, prohibition
- 破獲 pòhuò · uncover, crack (a criminal ring)
- 竊賊 qièzéi · thief (written)
- 上吊 shàngdiào · hang oneself
- 要犯 yàofàn · major criminal
- 縱火 zònghuǒ · commit arson, set fire to
- 辦案 bàn'àn · handle a case
- 筆錄 bǐlù · written record, statement
- 打手 dǎshǒu · hired thug
- 販毒 fàndú · traffic drugs
- 封條 fēngtiáo · paper seal (on a door)
- 勞改 láogǎi · reform through labour (mainland)
- 逃稅 táoshuì · evade tax
- 贓物 zāngwù · stolen goods
- 不容 bùróng · not allow, brook no (+ verb)
- 個數 gèshù · number (of items), count
- 成敗 chéngbài · success or failure
- 典雅 diǎnyǎ · elegant, refined
- 顧全 gùquán · show consideration for, safeguard
- 過重 guòzhòng · overweight, too heavy
sentences
- 這段歷史不容遺忘。 · This piece of history must not be forgotten.
- 這座老監獄的建築很典雅。 · The old prison’s architecture is very elegant.
- 警察查明，那場火不是有人縱火。 · The police have established that the fire wasn’t arson.
- 那棟房子門口還貼著封條。 · That building still has a seal across its door.
- 法官判對方賠一百萬元。 · The judge ordered the other side to pay a million dollars in damages.