挪用
nuó yòng
Pinyin

Definition

挪用
 - 
nuó yòng
  1. to shift (funds)
  2. to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another
  3. to embezzle
  4. to misappropriate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
信用
xìn yòng
  1. 1 to trust
  2. 2 credit (commerce)
  3. 3 trustworthiness
  4. 4 creditworthiness
信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ
  1. 1 credit card
备用
bèi yòng
  1. 1 reserve
  2. 2 spare
  3. 3 alternate
  4. 4 backup
利用
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize
好用
hǎo yòng
  1. 1 useful
  2. 2 serviceable
  3. 3 effective
  4. 4 handy
  5. 5 easy to use
家用
jiā yòng
  1. 1 home-use
  2. 2 domestic
  3. 3 family expenses
  4. 4 housekeeping money
实用
shí yòng
  1. 1 practical
  2. 2 functional
  3. 3 pragmatic
  4. 4 applied (science)
专用
zhuān yòng
  1. 1 special
  2. 2 dedicated
引用
yǐn yòng
  1. 1 to quote
  2. 2 to cite
  3. 3 to recommend
  4. 4 to appoint
  5. 5 (computing) reference
应用
yìng yòng
  1. 1 to put to use
  2. 2 to apply
  3. 3 practical
  4. 4 applied (science, linguistics etc)
  5. 5 application
  6. 6 practical use
  7. 7 (computing) app
挪威
Nuó wēi
  1. 1 Norway
采用
cǎi yòng
  1. 1 to adopt
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to use
有用
yǒu yòng
  1. 1 useful
服用
fú yòng
  1. 1 to take (medicine)
没用
méi yòng
  1. 1 useless

Idioms (19)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
宽打窄用
kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
  1. 1 to give oneself leeway (idiom)
  2. 2 to allow room for error
感情用事
gǎn qíng yòng shì
  1. 1 to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse
惯用语
guàn yòng yǔ
  1. 1 commonly used phrase
  2. 2 idiom
  3. 3 colloquial usage
无所用心
wú suǒ yòng xīn
  1. 1 not paying attention to anything (idiom); to idle time away
现学现用
xiàn xué xiàn yòng
  1. 1 to immediately put into practice something one has just learned (idiom)
用武之地
yòng wǔ zhī dì
  1. 1 ample scope for abilities
  2. 2 favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom)
习惯用法
xí guàn yòng fǎ
  1. 1 idiom
习惯用语
xí guàn yòng yǔ
  1. 1 idiom
  2. 2 idiomatic expression
  3. 3 habitual form of speech (grammar)
运用自如
yùn yòng zì rú
  1. 1 to have a fluent command of (idiom)
量才录用
liàng cái lù yòng
  1. 1 to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
饱食终日，无所用心
bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn
  1. 1 to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)
  2. 2 to be sated with food and remain idle
养兵千日，用兵一时
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí
  1. 1 lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
养兵千日，用在一朝
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo
  1. 1 lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off

Sample Sentences

挪用公款这种事，没人救得了你！上次你单位小、层级低，而且念在你是初犯，我还能帮你敷衍过去，没想到你竟然一犯再犯！
nuóyòng gōngkuǎn zhèzhǒng shì ，méi rén jiù dé liǎo nǐ ！shàngcì nǐ dānwèi xiǎo 、céngjí dī ，érqiě niàn zài nǐ shì chūfàn ，wǒ hái néng bāng nǐ fūyǎn guòqù ，méi xiǎng dào nǐ jìngrán yí fàn zài fàn ！
Misappropriating public funds isn't something you can be rescued from! Last time you working at a small place, at a low level, so given that it was your first offence, I was just about able to smooth things over for you. I never thought you would just go on to do the same thing over and over again!
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