Definition
办案 is a verb-object compound (离合词) meaning to handle a legal case or arrest a criminal. The two characters can split: 办 takes aspect markers (了, 过) or measure words, while 案 stays at the end. For example: 办了一个案子 ('handled a case') or 办过几次案 ('handled cases several times'). The person or unit doing the case comes before the whole compound.
v.o.
to handle a legal caseto apprehend a criminalto make an arrest
Examples
- 办案。Jǐngchá zhèngzài bàn àn.The police are handling a case.
- 。Tāmen bàn le yì qǐ zhòngyào de ànjiàn.They handled an important case.
- 。Zhè wèi lǜshī bàn guò hěnduō dà àn.This lawyer has handled many major cases.
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