逮
逮 in English
- (coll.) to catch / to seize / to capture
- (literary) to reach / used in 逮捕[dai4bu3] (Taiwan pr. [dai3])
How it used to be written
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Warring States script 春秋晚期或戰國早期.秦 -
Clerical script 西漢 - See all 7 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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为什么警察不逮捕Tom？
Why don't the police arrest Tom?
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她被警方逮捕了。
She was arrested by the police.
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警察逮捕了汤姆吗？
Did the police arrest Tom?
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警方逮捕了嫌疑人。
The police arrested the suspect.