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搜查

sōuchá

Description

“搜查”的意思是仔细地找东西或者检查一个地方。

"搜查" means to carefully look for something or to inspect a place.

警察常常用这个词,比如去别人家里搜查。

Police often use this word, for example, when they 搜查 someone's home.

Meanings

搜查sōuchá

to search or examine a place or person

警察搜查了那间房子。

The police searched the house.

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Notes

  • Etymology

    搜 (to search) + 查 (to check/investigate), a compound of two similar verbs.

  • Nuance

    often used in police or official contexts, unlike the everyday 搜索 (to search for information).

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