警方根據現場遺下的證物把賊子找了出來。

The burglar was traced by one of the things he had left on the scene.

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Sentence Composition

1 警方 jǐngfāng police
2 根據 gēn
  1. according to
  2. based on
  3. basis
  4. foundation

classifier:

3 現場 xiànchǎng
  1. the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
  2. (on) the spot
  3. (at) the site
=4 (bound form) to leave behind
=4 wèi
  1. (literary) to bestow; to offer as a gift
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hand over; to turn over; to pay
  3. to bestow; to offer as a gift
  4. to hand over; to turn over; to pay
5 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
=6 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 證物 zhèng exhibit (law)
=8
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=8 handle
=8
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
9 zéi
  1. thief; robber
  2. (bound form) traitor; subversive
  3. (bound form) evil; wicked
  4. sly; shifty; devious
  5. (literary) to harm; to injure
  6. (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
=10
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 děngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=10 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 zi "chair"
11 zhǎo
  1. to try to find
  2. to look for
  3. to call on sb
  4. to find
  5. to seek
  6. to return
  7. to give change
=12 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=12 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 liào unofficial variant of liào
=13 出來 chūlái
  1. to come out
  2. to appear
  3. to arise
=13 出來 chulai (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)