人赃俱获

人

rén

赃

贓

za̅ng

俱

jù

获

獲

huò

(of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed

Characters and words in 人赃俱获

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

赃

贓

za̅ng = z + ang1

stolen goods / booty / spoils

赃 = 贝 + 庄 : Zorro (z) is piercing up the crab (贝) with his rapier in front of the anglepod (ang1). He has caught it red handed (赃) with stolen goods (赃) from the farmstead (庄) next to the anglepod.

赃

贜

za̅ng = z + ang1

variant of 贓|赃[zang1]

俱

jù = ju + Ø4

entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / to be alike

俱 = 亻 + 具 : Zeus shows Rosa Luxemburg his tool box in the space station's bathroom. He's proud that he has, without exception, all ring wrench sizes at his hand.

俱

jù = ju + Ø4

(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike

获

獲

huò = hu + o4

to catch / to obtain / to capture

获 = 艹 + 犬 + 犭 : Helga Horse (hu) harvested (获) a lot of artificial lawn (艹) for the winter and stores it in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but one day she caught (获) a Saint Bernard dog (犬) and a Dachshund (犭) having messed it all up, each of them tearing at one end of a sheet at the same time.

获

穫

huò = hu + o4

to reap / to harvest