情报

qíngbào

Traditional: 情報

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Translation

intelligence, information (especially secret or strategic)

Word origin

A compound of 情 (qíng, situation, circumstances) and 报 (bào, to report), together naming reported information about a situation, often of a secret or strategic kind.

Origin
compound
Root
情 (qíng, situation) + 报 (bào, to report)

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Stroke order for 情

Stroke order for 报

Examples

They obtained important intelligence.

This piece of intelligence is highly confidential.

The intelligence department is investigating this matter.

He is responsible for gathering the enemy's intelligence.

Faulty intelligence led to the failure.

情报 (qíng bào) means intelligence or information, especially of a secret or strategic nature. It is common in military, political and security contexts.

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