抢夺
qiǎng duó
Pinyin

Definition

抢夺
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qiǎng duó
  1. to plunder
  2. to pillage
  3. to forcibly take

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

抢
qiāng
  1. 1 see 搶風|抢风[qiāng fēng]
剥夺
bō duó
  1. 1 to deprive
  2. 2 to expropriate
  3. 3 to strip (sb of his property)
夺
duó
  1. 1 to seize
  2. 2 to take away forcibly
  3. 3 to wrest control of
  4. 4 to compete or strive for
  5. 5 to force one's way through
  6. 6 to leave out
  7. 7 to lose
夺冠
duó guàn
  1. 1 to seize the crown
  2. 2 fig. to win a championship
  3. 3 to win gold medal
夺得
duó dé
  1. 1 to take (after a struggle)
  2. 2 to wrest
  3. 3 to seize
  4. 4 to capture
  5. 5 to win (a trophy)
掠夺
lu:è duó
  1. 1 to plunder
  2. 2 to rob
抢先
qiǎng xiān
  1. 1 to rush (to do sth urgent)
  2. 2 to try to be the first
  3. 3 to forestall
抢劫
qiǎng jié
  1. 1 to rob
  2. 2 looting
抢手
qiǎng shǒu
  1. 1 (of goods) popular
  2. 2 in great demand
抢救
qiǎng jiù
  1. 1 to rescue
抢眼
qiǎng yǎn
  1. 1 eye-catching
抢购
qiǎng gòu
  1. 1 to buy frenetically
  2. 2 to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
抢走
qiǎng zǒu
  1. 1 to snatch (esp related to a robbery)
争夺
zhēng duó
  1. 1 to fight over
  2. 2 to contest
  3. 3 to vie over
先声夺人
xiān shēng duó rén
  1. 1 to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
哄抢
hōng qiǎng
  1. 1 looting
喧宾夺主
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
  1. 1 lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction
  3. 3 minor details obscure the main point
  4. 4 the sauce is better than the fish
夺取
duó qǔ
  1. 1 to seize
  2. 2 to capture
  3. 3 to wrest control of
夺回
duó huí
  1. 1 to take back (forcibly)
  2. 2 to recapture
  3. 3 to win back
夺权
duó quán
  1. 1 to seize power

Idioms (10)

你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
  1. 1 lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
  2. 2 fierce rivalry
  3. 3 tug-of-war
喧宾夺主
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
  1. 1 lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction
  3. 3 minor details obscure the main point
  4. 4 the sauce is better than the fish
夺门而出
duó mén ér chū
  1. 1 to rush out through a door (idiom)
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
  1. 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. 2 sophistry
  3. 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
抢险救灾
qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi
  1. 1 to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
横刀夺爱
héng dāo duó ài
  1. 1 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
争分夺秒
zhēng fēn duó miǎo
  1. 1 lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
  2. 2 making every second count
争名夺利
zhēng míng duó lì
  1. 1 to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth
  2. 2 only interested in personal gain
争权夺利
zhēng quán duó lì
  1. 1 scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
璀璨夺目
cuǐ càn duó mù
  1. 1 dazzling (idiom)

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