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noun #23,560

Meanings

  1. 1 spy
  2. 2 secret agent
  3. 3 espionage (classical/literary)

Examples

Jiàndié de gōngzuò chōngmǎn wēixiǎn yǔ mìmì.
The work of a spy is full of danger and secrecy.
Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎngshù le yī míng diébào rényuán de gùshi.
This film tells the story of an intelligence agent.

Tips

usage
rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. It appears in compounds: 间谍 (spy), 谍报 (intelligence / espionage), (spy warfare / espionage thriller as a genre). The standalone form is classical/literary.

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