chāo

剿

Character · VerbTraditional勦

copy; plagiarize

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Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

verb

to copy; to plagiarize; to excerpt

literary

Used exclusively in formal literary contexts, not in modern daily spoken Chinese.

Tā他
de的
wén文
zhāng章
bèi被
zhǐ指
chāo勦
qiè窃
tā他
rén人
zuò作
pǐn品
 。

His article was accused of plagiarizing others' works.

Cǐ此
shī诗
chāo勦
zì自
 《
Shī诗
Jīng经
 》
jiù旧
jù句
 。

This poem excerpts old lines from The Book of Songs.

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Lùn论
wén文
yán严
jìn禁
chāo勦
xí袭
tā他
rén人
yán研
jiū究
chéng成
guǒ果
 。

Plagiarizing others' research results in papers is strictly prohibited.

Zhè这
piān篇
sǎn散
wén文
yǒu有
duō多
chù处
chāo勦
qǔ取
qián前
rén人
shǒu手
bǐ笔
de的
hén痕
jì迹
 。

This prose has traces of excerpting works from earlier writers.

Tā他
yīn因
chāo勦
qiè窃
bèi被
xué学
xiào校
gěi给
yǔ予
chǔ处
fèn分
 。

He was disciplined by the school for plagiarism.