越狱犯

越獄犯

yuèyùfàn

noun #37,355

Measure Word

一名越狱犯 míng

Meanings

1 escaped prisoner
2 prison-breaker
3 fugitive

Characters

to cross / jump over

criminal / offender

Examples

HSK 4

那个越狱犯昨晚被抓获了。

Nàge yuèyùfàn zuówǎn bèi zhuāhuò le.

That fugitive was caught last night.

HSK 6

警方正在搜捕一名越狱犯。

Jǐngfāng zhèngzài sōubǔ yì míng yuèyùfàn.

The police are hunting an escaped prisoner.

Tips

memory

越 (to cross/jump over) + 狱 (prison) + 犯 (criminal/offender) = 'jail-jumping criminal'. The verb form 越狱 (to break out of prison) is also the Chinese title of the US TV series Prison Break (《越狱》).

Stroke Order

越 yuè

狱 yù

犯 fàn