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夺

duó

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character Traditional 奪

夺 (duó) means "to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 夺 means

1. to seize
2. to take away forcibly
3. to wrest control of
4. to compete or strive for
5. to force one's way through
6. to leave out
7. to lose

Example sentences

• 没有人能剥夺你的人权。
  Méiyǒu rén néng bōduó nǐ de rénquán.
  No one can deprive of your human rights.
• 野火夺走了好多人的生命。
  So many lives were lost due to the wildfire.
• 这项法律会剥夺我们的基本权利。
  Zhè xiàng fǎlǜ huì bōduó wǒmen de jīběn quánlì.
  This law will deprive us of our basic rights.
• 王冠上镶嵌着数十颗光彩夺目的宝石。
  The crown is adorned with dozens of divinely lustrous gemstones.
• 大炸弹从天而降，夺走了许多人的生命。
  Dà zhàdàn cóngtiān'érjiàng, duózǒu le xǔduō rén de shēngmìng.
  A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.
• Yanni 夺走了一个无辜年轻人的生命。
  Yanni took the life of an innocent young man.

Words starting with 夺

• 夺得duó déto take (after a struggle); to wrest; to seize
• 夺取duó qǔto seize; to capture; to wrest control of
• 夺冠duó guànto seize the crown; fig. to win a championship; to win gold medal
• 夺走duó zǒuto snatch away
• 夺回duó huíto take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
• 夺目duó mùto dazzle the eyes
• 夺权duó quánto seize power
• 夺标duó biāoto compete for first prize
• 夺舍duó shèto incarnate into sb else's body
• 夺金duó jīnto snatch gold; to take first place in a competition
• 夺门而出duó mén ér chūto rush out through a door (idiom)
• 夺偶duó ǒuto contend for a mate
• 夺魁duó kuíto win the championship; to take first place

Words containing 夺

• 争夺zhēng duóto fight over; to contest; to vie over
• 掠夺lüè duóto plunder; to rob
• 剥夺bō duóto deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
• 抢夺qiǎng duóto plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take
• 争夺战zhēng duó zhànstruggle
• 定夺dìng duóto make a decision; to determine
• 光彩夺目guāng cǎi duó mùdazzling; brilliant
• 强词夺理qiǎng cí duó lǐto twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious…
• 争分夺秒zhēng fēn duó miǎolit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
• 截夺jié duóintercept
• 裁夺cái duóto consider and decide
• 你争我夺nǐ zhēng wǒ duólit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter…
• 先声夺人xiān shēng duó rénto gain the upper hand by a show of strength
• 争名夺利zhēng míng duó lìto fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth…
• 争权夺利zhēng quán duó lìscramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
• 生杀予夺shēng shā yǔ duó(lit.) to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom)…
• 龙口夺食lóng kǒu duó shíto harvest hurriedly before rain comes
• 酌夺zhuó duóto make a considered decision
• 横刀夺爱héng dāo duó àito rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
• 劫夺jié duóto seize by force; to abduct
• 掠夺者lüè duó zhěrobber; plunderer; predator
• 篡夺cuàn duóto usurp; to seize
• 喧宾夺主xuān bīn duó zhǔlit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)…
• 攫夺jué duóto seize; to pillage; to plunder

Characters that look like 夺

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 并bìngand; furthermore; also
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age
• 爷yégrandpa; old gentleman
• 寺sìBuddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 夸kuāused in transliteration
• 舟zhōuboat

Sounds the same

Read duó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 踱to pace; to stroll; Taiwan pr. duò
• 度to estimate; Taiwan pr. duò
• 铎large ancient bell
• 敪to weigh; to cut; to come without being invited
• 鈬surname Duo
• 敚old variant of 夺

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
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