掠 lüè
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 京 capital city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
掠夺
lüèduó
to plunder; to loot; to seize by force
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Example phrases
- 殖民扩张往往伴随着对土地、矿产和劳动力的掠夺。 Zhímín kuòzhāng wǎngwǎng bànsuí zhe duì tǔdì, kuàngchǎn hé láodònglì de lüèduó. Colonial expansion was often accompanied by the plundering of land, mineral resources, and labour.
- 过度捕捞是对海洋资源的掠夺。 Guòdù bǔlāo shì duì hǎiyáng zīyuán de lüèduó. Overfishing is a plundering of the ocean's resources.
- 森林被过度砍伐，等于掠夺子孙后代的资源。 Sēnlín bèi guòdù kǎnfá, děngyú lüèduó zǐsūn hòudài de zīyuán. Excessive logging of forests is like robbing future generations of their resources.
Related words
- 夺 duó to seize, to take
- 夺取 duóqǔ to capture, to take by force
- 争夺 zhēngduó to fight for, to compete for
- 剥夺 bōduó to deprive; to strip away
- 夺冠 duóguàn to win a championship
- 夺魁 duókuí to win first place; to come out on top
- 抢夺 qiǎngduó to snatch; to seize
- 争分夺秒 zhēngfēnduómiǎo to race against time; to seize every minute and second
- 强占 qiángzhàn to seize by force; to forcibly occupy
- 抢劫 qiǎngjié to rob; robbery
- 侵占 qīnzhàn to occupy illegally; to seize; to encroach on
- 劫持 jiéchí to hijack; to kidnap; to hold hostage