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拍花

Word · Verb

abduct children using drugs

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to abduct children using soporifics; child-snatching

archaic

This term refers to a specific historical or folkloric crime method, often mentioned in cautionary tales or old stories. It is not a contemporary legal or common term.

Lǎo老
rén人
zǒng总
yòng用
 “
pāi拍
huā花
zi子
 ”
de的
gù故
shì事
lái来
xià吓
hu唬
xiǎo小
hái孩
zi子
bié别
luàn乱
pǎo跑
 。

Elders often use stories of 'child-snatchers' to scare children into not wandering off.

Jiù旧
shè社
huì会
shí时
 ,
pāi拍
huā花
shì是
lìng令
rén人
shēn深
wù恶
tòng痛
jué绝
de的
zuì罪
xíng行
 。

In the old society, child-snatching was a deeply despised crime.