刑事犯罪

xíngshìfànzuì

noun #29,661

Meanings

诈骗是一种严重的刑事犯罪。

Zhàpiàn shì yī zhǒng yánzhòng de xíngshìfànzuì.

Fraud is a serious criminal offense.

他因刑事犯罪被捕，面临数年监禁。

Tā yīn xíngshìfànzuì bèibǔ, miànlín shù nián jiānjìn.

He was arrested for a criminal offense and faces several years in prison.

grammar

刑事 (criminal) contrasts with 民事 (mínshì, civil). So 刑事犯罪 = criminal offense, 民事诉讼 = civil lawsuit. This distinction is important in legal Chinese.

刑 xíng

事 shì

犯 fàn

罪 zuì