人盾

réndùn

noun

Meanings

1 human shield

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

把儿童当人盾是严重的战争罪。

Bǎ értóng dāng réndùn shì yánzhòng de zhànzhēng zuì.

Using children as human shields is a serious war crime.

HSK 7-9

武装分子用平民做人盾。

Wǔzhuāng fènzǐ yòng píngmín zuò réndùn.

The militants used civilians as human shields.

Tips

memory

人 'person' + 盾 'shield' = a person used as a shield. Direct calque of the English term. The same 盾 appears in 矛盾 ('contradiction' - literally 'spear and shield').

Stroke Order

人 rén

盾 dùn