劾 (hé) - to impeach & to investigate and report on a crime or

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劾 · hé

to impeach;

to investigate and report on a crime or misconduct;

to accuse.

to impeachto investigate and report on a crime orto accuse.

Usage highlights

impeachmentto impeachto investigate and report misconductto accuse and exposeto investigate and impeachimpeachment case

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Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The parliament voted to impeach the official (弹劾).
  • The committee will investigate the misconduct (纠劾).
  • He was accused of corruption (被劾).

Collocations

  • impeachment(弹劾)
  • to impeach(弹劾)
  • to investigate and report misconduct(纠劾)
  • to accuse and expose(举劾)
  • to investigate and impeach(按劾)
  • impeachment case(劾案)

Idioms

  • To impeach and punish(劾奏)
  • To investigate and report faults(劾过)
  • To memorialize the throne for impeachment(劾奏)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 劾 is primarily used in legal and administrative contexts, especially in historical Chinese bureaucracy.
  • In imperial China, officials known as censors (御史) had the duty to 劾 other officials for misconduct.

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