夺
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
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,668 U+593A
How 夺 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man 大 grasping something 寸
How to remember it
take by force · Heisig RSH #1545
St. Bernard dog + glued to
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 夺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夺门而出 | duó mén ér chū | to rush out through a door (idiom) |
| 龙口夺食 | lóng kǒu duó shí | to harvest hurriedly before rain comes |
| 强词夺理 | qiǎng cí duó lǐ | to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious … |
| 先声夺人 | xiān shēng duó rén | to gain the upper hand by a show of strength |
| 争名夺利 | zhēng míng duó lì | to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in… |
| 争权夺利 | zhēng quán duó lì | scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle |
| 光彩夺目 | guāng cǎi duó mù | dazzling; brilliant |
| 横刀夺爱 | héng dāo duó ài | to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom) |
| 争夺战 | zhēng duó zhàn | struggle |
| 夺金 | duó jīn | to snatch gold; to take first place in a competition |
| 定夺 | dìng duó | to make a decision; to determine |
| 夺得 | duó dé | to take (after a struggle); to wrest; to seize; to capture; to win (a trophy) |
| 夺回 | duó huí | to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back |
| 夺目 | duó mù | to dazzle the eyes |
| 夺权 | duó quán | to seize power |
| 夺走 | duó zǒu | to snatch away |
| 夺标 | duó biāo | to compete for first prize |
| 夺取 | duó qǔ | to seize; to capture; to wrest control of |
| 争分夺秒 | zhēng fēn duó miǎo | lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count |
| 争夺 | zhēng duó | to fight over; to contest; to vie over |