肇事

zhào shì · zhao shi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to cause an accident
  2. to be responsible for an incident
  3. to provoke a disturbance

In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)辆(liàng)肇(zhào)事(shì)车(chē)辆(liàng)在(zài)事(shì)故(gù)后(hòu)逃(táo)逸(yì)了(le)。

That vehicle causing the accident fled after the incident.

02

警(jǐng)方(fāng)正(zhèng)在(zài)调(diào)查(chá)这(zhè)起(qǐ)肇(zhào)事(shì)逃(táo)逸(yì)案(àn)件(jiàn)。

The police are investigating this hit-and-run case.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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