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虏

lǔ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 虜

What 虏 means

1. prisoner of war
2. to capture
3. to take prisoner
4. oldnorthern barbarian
5. slave

Example sentences

• 壮志饥餐胡虏肉，笑谈渴饮匈奴血。待从头、收拾旧山河，朝天阙。
  With lofty aspirations, we long to feast on the flesh of the Hu invaders when hungry, and drink the blood of the Xiongnu enemies with laughter when thirsty. Awaiting the day when we can reclaim the lost lands, and present ourselves at the imperial court.

Words starting with 虏

• 虏获lǔ huòcapture (people)

Words containing 虏

• 俘虏fú lǔto take prisoner; a captive (usu. a prisoner of war)
• 臣虏chén lǔslave
• 亡国虏wáng guó lǔsubjugated people; refugee from a destroyed country
• 克虏伯Kè lǔ bóKrupp
• 捕虏岩bǔ lǔ yánxenolith (geology)
• 蒂森克虏伯Dì sēn Kè lǔ bóThyssenKrupp
• 鞑虏Dá lǔTartar (derogatory); also used as an insulting term for Manchus around 1900
• 驱除鞑虏qū chú Dá lǔexpel the Manchu, revolutionary slogan from around 1900

Characters that look like 虏

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

• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 库kùwarehouse; storehouse; (file) library
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 扂diàndoor latch
• 屌diǎopenis; (slang) cool or extraordinary; (Cantonese) to fuck
• 彦yànaccomplished; elegant

Sounds the same

Read lǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鲁(bound form) crass; stupid; rude
• 卤to stew in soy sauce and spices
• 掳(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 橹scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat)
• 镥lutetium (chemistry)
• 氇used in 氆氇
• 澛(used in place names); old variant of 卤
• 硵sal ammoniac