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奪 (夺)

duó

Definition

to seize
to take away forcibly
to wrest control of
to compete or strive for
to force one's way through
to leave out
to lose

Character Decomposition

Related words (28)

to contend for a mate

to seize the crown; (fig.) to win a championship; to win gold medal

to seize; to capture; to wrest control of

to take (after a struggle); to wrest; to seize; to capture; to win (a trophy)

to seize power

to compete for first prize

to dazzle the eyes

to snatch away

to snatch gold; to take first place in a competition

to seize; to win

to fight over; to contest; to vie over

to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)

to seize by force; to abduct

to make a decision; to determine

intercept

to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take

to plunder; to rob

to seize

to seize; to pillage; to plunder

to usurp; to seize

to consider and decide

to deprive; to strip of

to make a considered decision

zhēng duó zhàn

struggle

lüè duó zhě

robber; plunderer; predator

xiān shēng duó rén

to gain the upper hand by a show of strength

guāng cǎi duó mù

dazzling; brilliant

lóng kǒu duó shí

to harvest hurriedly before rain comes

Idioms (9)

duó mén ér chū

to rush out through a door (idiom)

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

(lit.) fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count

zhēng míng duó lì

to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain

zhēng quán duó lì

scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle

nǐ zhēng wǒ duó

(lit.) you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war

xuān bīn duó zhǔ

(lit.) the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom); (fig.) a minor player upstages the main attraction; minor details obscure the main point; the sauce is better than the fish

qiǎng cí duó lǐ

to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats

héng dāo duó ài

to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)

cuǐ càn duó mù

dazzling (idiom)

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