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duó

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duó Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
duó | duo2
English translation
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
to rob, to snatch, to take by force

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About duó

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

duó

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A man  grasping something  cùn

Etymology of duó

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

大寸

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Example sentences using duó

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水灾 shuǐ zāi duó zǒu le 数百 shù bǎi rén de 生命 shēngmìng .

The flood claimed hundreds of lives.

zhè shì cháng 光亮 guāng liàng 夺目 duó mù , 场面 chǎngmiàn 很大 de mèng .

It was a vast, luminous dream.

警察 jǐngchá duó Guò le 小偷 xiǎo tōu de Bāo .

The policeman took possession of the thief's bag.

信号弹划过 huá guò 上空 shàng kōng , 龙舟 lóng zhōu 夺标 duó biāo 开始 kāishǐ le .

As the starter's gun booms, the boats spring into action.

shì 如此 rú cǐ 鲜艳夺目,不禁 bùjīn 打了个愣怔,连忙 liánmáng 眼睛 yǎnjing 转向 zhuǎn xiàng 别处 bié chù .

She was so striking that I had to avert my somewhat startled eyes.

Words with duó

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
duó to seize duó
争夺 zhēngduó to fight over爭奪
夺得 duó dé to wrest奪得
夺冠 duó guàn to seize the crown奪冠
剥夺 bō duó to deprive剝奪
夺取 duó qǔ to seize奪取
掠夺 lüèduó to plunder掠奪
抢夺 qiǎng duó to plunder搶奪
夺回 duó huí to recapture奪回
夺目 duó mù to dazzle the eyes奪目
争夺战 zhēng duó zhàn struggle爭奪戰
夺权 duó quán to seize power奪權
定夺 dìng duó to determine定奪
夺走 duó zǒu to snatch away奪走
光彩夺目 guāng cǎi duó mù dazzling光彩奪目
争分夺秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo making every second count爭分奪秒
篡夺 cuàn duó to usurp篡奪
夺魁 duó kuí to seize奪魁
强词夺理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ sophistry強詞奪理
先声夺人 xiān shēng duó rén to gain the upper hand by a show of strength先聲奪人
夺标 duó biāo to compete for first prize奪標
喧宾夺主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ minor details obscure the main point喧賓奪主
争权夺利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle爭權奪利
璀璨夺目 cuǐ càn duó mù dazzling (idiom)璀璨奪目
你争我夺 nǐ zhēng wǒ duó fierce rivalry你爭我奪

duó Decomposition & Compounds

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duó Decomposition

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