掠夺 meaning in English

lüèduó

to plunder; to rob

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 掠奪17 strokes

Meaning of 掠夺

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lüèduó
  1. to plunder
  2. to rob

Stroke order for each character

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掠 lüè · to pillage · 11 strokes

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夺 duó · to seize · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 掠夺.

夺取duóqǔto seize; to capture
争夺zhēngduóto fight over; to contest
剥夺bōduóto deprive; to expropriate
夺冠duóguànto seize the crown; fig. to win a championship
抢夺qiǎngduóto plunder; to pillage
夺魁duókuíto win the championship; to take first place
争分夺秒zhēngfēn-duómiǎolit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
夺走duózǒuto snatch away
夺回duóhuíto take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
夺得duódéto take (after a struggle); to wrest
掠食lüèshíto prey on; predation
掠夺者lüèduózhěrobber; plunderer

Questions about 掠夺

What does 掠夺 mean?

掠夺 (lüèduó) means "to plunder; to rob" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 掠夺?

掠夺 is made of 2 characters: 掠 (11 strokes), 夺 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 掠夺 an HSK word?

Yes. 掠夺 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 掠夺 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 掠夺 is written 掠奪.