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驱逐

qū zhú

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

驱逐 (qū zhú) means "to expel; to deport; banishment". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 驱逐 means

1. to expel
2. to deport
3. banishment

The characters in 驱逐

• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 逐zhú(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually

Example sentences

• 许多犹太人被德国人驱逐。
  Xǔduō Yóutàirén bèi Déguórén qūzhú.
  Many Jews were expelled by the Germans.
• 一只赛勒诺栖于岩石之上，你看，/ 那阴郁的女先知就这样嘎声道出她的末日预言。/「还有战争，拉俄墨冬两度背信的后裔！/ 你们带来的是战争，还偷杀了我们的牛群？/ 而你们还要将无辜的哈尔庇厄驱逐，/ 赶出她们古老、世代相传的领地？」
  One perched, Celaeno, on a rock, and lo, / thus croaked the dismal seer her prophecy of woe. / "War, too, Laomedon's twice-perjured race! / War do ye bring, our cattle stol'n and slain? / And unoffending Harpies would ye chase / forth from their old, hereditary reign?"

Words starting with 驱逐

• 驱逐舰qū zhú jiàndestroyer (warship)
• 驱逐令qū zhú lìngbanishment order; expulsion warrant
• 驱逐出境qū zhú chū jìngto deport; to expel

Words containing 驱逐

• 劣币驱逐良币liè bì qū zhú liáng bìbad money drives out good money (economics)

Where 驱逐 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiū–qǔ (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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