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追捕

zhuī bǔ

2-character word

What 追捕 means

1. to pursue
2. to be after
3. to hunt down

The characters in 追捕

• 追zhuīto chase; to pursue; to look into
• 捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture

Example sentences

• 警察会追捕她很长时间。
  Jǐngchá huì zhuībǔ tā hěn cháng shíjiān.
  The police will pursue her for a long time.
• 警方正在追捕一名逃犯。
  Jǐngfāng zhèngzài zhuībǔ yī míng táofàn.
  The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner.
• 为了避开警方的追捕，狄马只好在垃圾箱里过了一晚。
  Wèile bìkāi jǐngfāng de zhuībǔ, Dímǎ zhǐhǎo zài lājīxiāng lǐ guò le yī wǎn.
  Hiding from the police, Dima spent the night in a dumpster.

Sounds the same

Read zhuī bǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

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