qiǎng duódictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to plunder / to pillage / to forcibly take
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Original source entry:

搶奪 抢夺 [qiang3 duo2] /to plunder/to pillage/to forcibly take/

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Other forms in these source records: 搶奪

  • 抢
    qiāng

    (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary

    qiǎng

    to fight over / to rush / to scramble / to grab / to rob / to snatch

  • 夺
    duó

    to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose

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