夺 duó — to seize; to snatch; to win
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Level 1 · Common HSK 6 #396
Traditional:
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Detailed explanation
- verb (会意。金文字形，上面象振翅欲飞的鸟，下面是手(又、寸)，其意思是:这只振翅欲飞的鸟，眼看着就要从手中失脱掉。本义:丧失)
- verb lose e.g 夺宗 · 夺气 · 夺魄 · 夺胆 · 夺彩
- verb seize;rob e.g 夺转 · 夺劝 · 夺情 · 夺席
- verb force one's way e.g 夺门 · 眼泪夺眶而出
- verb win e.g 夺魁 夺高产 · 夺却 · 夺衣 · 夺锦
- verb deprive e.g 夺褫 · 夺爵 · 夺休 · 夺俸
Related words
- 夺得 to win; to seize; to capture (a title/medal/championship)
- 争夺 to compete for; to struggle for
- 夺取 to snatch
- 夺冠 to win the championship
- 剥夺 to deprive; to strip; to expropriate; to dispossess
- 夺金 to win a gold medal
- 掠夺 to plunder; to rob; to loot
- 抢夺 to snatch; to rob
- 夺目 dazzle the eyes
- 夺权 to seize power
- 夺眶而出 to burst into tears; (tears) welling up and spilling from the eyes
- 争分夺秒 to race against time; to work against the clock
- 夺魁 to win first place; to carry off the top prize
- 光彩夺目 dazzlingly bright; resplendent and eye-catching; brilliant
- 定夺 to make a decision
- 先声夺人 to forestall; to gain the initiative by a show of force
- 夺路 to force one's way through; to seize the road
- 巧夺天工 so exquisite as to surpass nature; wonderful workmanship excelling nature
- 夺标 to compete for first prize
- 争权夺利 to scramble for power and profit