镖客

鏢客

biāokè

noun #46,602

Meanings

1 armed escort (of travellers or goods)
2 gunslinger

Characters

armed escort of goods

person (in a trade)

Examples

HSK 7-9

过去，商人运货常常雇镖客一路护送。

Guòqù, shāngrén yùn huò chángcháng gù biāokè yílù hùsòng.

In the past, merchants moving goods often hired armed escorts to guard them all the way.

HSK 7-9

这部西部片讲的是一个镖客独自对抗一帮强盗的故事。

Zhè bù xībùpiàn jiǎng de shì yí ge biāokè dúzì duìkàng yì bāng qiángdào de gùshi.

This western is about a gunslinger who takes on a gang of bandits alone.

Tips

culture

Before railways and banks, an escort agency, 镖局, hired out armed guards called 镖客 or 镖师 to take silver, goods and travellers safely along roads troubled by bandits. Chinese film titles later lent the word to the lone gunmen of westerns: Sergio Leone's Dollars films are the 镖客三部曲, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is 黄金三镖客.

Stroke Order

镖 biāo

客 kè