探案

tàn'àn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to investigate a case
  2. 2 detective work

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè bù diànshìjù jiǎng de shì yí ge nǚ jǐngchá tàn'àn de gùshi.
This TV series is about a policewoman who solves cases.
HSK 4
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù ài kàn tàn'àn xiǎoshuō, zhǎngdà hòu dāng le jǐngchá.
He loved detective stories as a boy and became a police officer when he grew up.

Tips

culture
The Sherlock Holmes stories are known in Chinese as 《福尔摩斯探案集》, "The Collected Cases of Sherlock Holmes", and 探案 became the stock word for detective fiction and crime dramas.

Stroke Order

探 tàn
案 àn