掠
夺

To plunder in Chinese: 掠夺 (lüè duó)

lüè duó

to plunder

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 掠奪1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to plunder
  2. 2to rob

Stroke order

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掠
夺

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄩㄝˋ

lüè

ㄌ/ lㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄨㄛˊ

duó

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

掠夺

Simplified

掠奪

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 敌人掠夺了村里所有的粮食。

    dí rén lüè duó le cūn lǐ suǒ yǒu de liáng shí。

    The enemy plundered all the grain in the village.

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Related words

夺

duó

to seize

夺取

duó qǔ

to seize

争夺

zhēng duó

to fight over

剥夺

bō duó

to deprive

夺冠

duó guàn

to seize the crown

夺魁

duó kuí

to seize

抢夺

qiǎng duó

to plunder

争分夺秒

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom)

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