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犯

fàn · fan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to violate
  2. to offend
  3. to assault
  4. criminal
  5. crime
  6. to make a mistake
  7. recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
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The same mistake again

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)又(yòu)犯(fàn)同样(tóngyàng)的(de)错(cuò)了(le)。

    I made the same mistake again.

  2. Liangliang

    什么(shénme)错(cuò)？

    What mistake?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)把(bǎ)买(mǎi)写(xiě)成(chéng)卖(mài)了(le)，每(měi)次(cì)都(dōu)犯(fàn)。

    I wrote 买 as 卖. I make this mistake every time.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)写(xiě)一(yī)百(bǎi)遍(biàn)买(mǎi)。

    Then write 买 a hundred times.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，写(xiě)完(wán)了(le)：一(yī)百(bǎi)个(gè)卖(mài)！

    OK, done: one hundred 卖!

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2 examples
01

不(bù)管(guǎn)我(wǒ)跟(gēn)她(tā)说(shuō)了(le)多(duō)少(shǎo)次(cì)，她(tā)还(hái)是(shì)继(jì)续(xù)犯(fàn)同(tóng)样(yàng)的(de)错(cuò)误(wù)。

No matter how often I tell her, she keeps making the same mistake.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)因(yīn)为(wèi)犯(fàn)法(fǎ)被(bèi)判(pàn)了(le)三(sān)年(nián)刑(xíng)。

He was sentenced to three years for breaking the law.

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