探

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try to find out; explore; sound, visit; pay a call on, stretch forward, scout; spy; detective

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explore; scout; spy; stretch forward; try to find out; visit

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explore; scout; spy; stretch forward; try to find out; visit

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tàn

n. spy

tàn

v. explore, search out, scout, visit, stretch out, stretch

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to explore, to search out, to scout, to visit, to stretch forward

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探

tàn

动

（试图发现） try to find out; explore; sound:

探路 explore the way;

勘探石油 explore (prospect) for oil;

试探他人的意图 sound sb. out on (about) a question; feel sb.'s pulse

（看望） call on; visit; see:

探病号 visit a sick person

（向前伸出） stretch forward; stick out:

探出头去 pop out one's head; stick one's head out; poke one's head;

行车时探身窗外是危险的。 It is dangerous to lean out of the window while the bus is in motion.

(方) （过问） inquire; bother about:

爱探闲事 take an interest in other people's business; like to poke one's nose into other people's affairs

名

（做侦察工作的人） detective; scout; spy:

密探 secret agent; spy;

侦探 detective; spy

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探|探 [tàn] ► to explore ► to search out ► to scout ► to visit ► to stretch forward