"Detective" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhēn tàn detective / to do detective work
 mì tàn secret agent / detective / covert investigator
 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil
 tàn zhǎng (police) detective
 zhēn chá yuán detective / investigator / scout / spy
 àn tàn secret agent / detective
 bāo tàn detective (in former times)
 tàn yuán detective / investigator / agent
 zhēn pò to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout
 shén tàn master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2]
 fǎ yī forensic investigator / forensic detective
 jǐng tàn police detective
 zhēn spy, reconnoiter / detective
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