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占领

zhàn lǐng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 佔領

占领 (zhàn lǐng) means "to capture; to seize; to occupy by force". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 占领 means

1. to capture; to seize; to occupy by force

The characters in 占领

• 占zhànto take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead

Example sentences

• 火星人占领了地球。
  Martians have taken over the earth.
• 军队占领了整片领土。
  The armed forces occupied the entire territory.
• 士兵们占领了这个建筑。
  Shìbīng men zhànlǐng le zhège jiànzhù.
  The soldiers occupied the building.
• 很快，城市就被士兵占领了。
  Hěn kuài, chéngshì jiù bèi shìbīng zhànlǐng le.
  The city was soon occupied by the soldiers.
• 就是冷战几十年后的今天，德国人和俄罗斯人之间还有很多伤痛，尤其是在那些被苏联占领的地区。
  Jiùshì lěngzhàn jǐ shí nián hòu de jīntiān, Déguórén hé éluósīrén zhījiān háiyǒu hěn duō shāngtòng, yóuqíshì zài nàxiē bèi Sūlián zhànlǐng de dìqū.
  Even now, many years after the Cold War, there is still much bitterness between Germans and Russians, especially in areas which were occupied by the Soviet Union.

Words starting with 占领

• 占领者zhàn lǐng zhěoccupant

Where 占领 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhàn–zhǎo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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