惨案
cǎn àn
Pinyin

Definition

惨案
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cǎn àn
  1. massacre
  2. tragedy
  3. CL:起[qǐ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

图案
tú àn
  1. 1 design
  2. 2 pattern
方案
fāng àn
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 program (for action etc)
  3. 3 proposal
  4. 4 proposed bill
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè],套[tào]
案
àn
  1. 1 (legal) case
  2. 2 incident
  3. 3 record
  4. 4 file
  5. 5 table
档案
dàng àn
  1. 1 file
  2. 2 record
  3. 3 archive
答案
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
报案
bào àn
  1. 1 to report a case to the authorities
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
提案
tí àn
  1. 1 proposal
  2. 2 draft resolution
  3. 3 motion (to be debated)
  4. 4 to propose a bill
  5. 5 to make a proposal
抢劫案
qiǎng jié àn
  1. 1 robbery
  2. 2 holdup
文案
wén àn
  1. 1 (newspapers etc) copy
  2. 2 copywriter
  3. 3 (office etc) paperwork
  4. 4 (old) secretary
  5. 5 clerk
案件
àn jiàn
  1. 1 case
  2. 2 instance
  3. 3 CL:宗[zōng],樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ]
案例
àn lì
  1. 1 case (law)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
案子
àn zi
  1. 1 long table
  2. 2 counter
  3. 3 case
  4. 4 law case
  5. 5 legal case
  6. 6 judicial case
枪击案
qiāng jī àn
  1. 1 a shooting
档案馆
dàng àn guǎn
  1. 1 archive library
法案
fǎ àn
  1. 1 bill
  2. 2 proposed law
涉案
shè àn
  1. 1 (of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
破案
pò àn
  1. 1 to solve a case
  2. 2 shabby old table
立案
lì àn
  1. 1 to register (to an official organism)
  2. 2 to file a case (for investigation)

Idioms (7)

堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
举案齐眉
jǔ àn qí méi
  1. 1 lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage

Sample Sentences

他回应，近期枪击惨案罪不在枪，而是枪手有“精神病”，提议“多建精神康复机构”。
tā huíyìng ，jìnqī qiāngjī cǎnàn zuì bù zài qiāng ，érshì qiāngshǒu yǒu “jīngshénbìng ”，tíyì “duō jiàn jīngshén kāngfù jīgòu ”。
He responded guns should not be blamed for the recent tragic shooting but that the gunman had a "mental illness" and proposed "to build more mental rehabilitation institutions.
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