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罚款
fákuǎn
Description
如果你开车太快，警察可能会让你交罚款。
If you drive too fast, the police might make you pay a 罚款.
“罚款”是因为做错了事而要付的钱，也可以指“罚钱”这个动作。
“罚款” is the money you have to pay for doing something wrong, and it can also mean the action of fining someone.
Meanings
罚款fákuǎn
a fine; money paid as a penalty
这张罚款单要五十块。
This fine is fifty yuan.
罚款fákuǎn
to fine; to impose a monetary penalty
警察罚款他两百块。
The police fined him two hundred yuan.
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Notes
- Etymology
罚 (punish) + 款 (a sum of money), literally 'penalty money'.
- Nuance
as a verb it often takes both a person and an amount (罚款他五十块).
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