Chinese Notes

夺 (奪) duó

duó verb to take by force; to rob; to snatch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In literary Chinese this transitory verb takes two objects, the person being robbed and the object taken (CC-CEDICT '奪'; Guoyu '奪' v 1; Kroll 2015 '奪' 1, p. 97; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 32; Unihan '奪'; XHZD '夺' 1, p. 170)
duó verb to compete for; to strive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '奪'; Guoyu '奪' v 3; XHZD '夺' 2, p. 170)
duó verb to rush
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '奪' v 6; XHZD '夺' 3, p. 170)
duó verb to lose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '奪' 2, p. 97; XHZD '夺' 6, p. 170)
duó verb to omit; to be missing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '奪'; Guoyu '奪' v 2; Kroll 2015 '奪' 2a, p. 97; XHZD '夺' 5, p. 170)
duó verb to decide
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '奪' v 4; XHZD '夺' 4, p. 170)
duó verb to force to do
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '奪' 1a, p. 97)
duó verb to reject
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '奪' 3, p. 97)
duó verb to persuade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '奪' 3a, p. 97)
duó verb to dazzle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '奪' v 7)

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龙口夺食(龍口奪食) to harvest hurriedly before rain comes
武装夺取政权(武裝奪取政權) sieze political power by armed force
先声夺人(先聲奪人) to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
裁夺(裁奪) to consider and decide
夺回(奪回) to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
褒贬与夺(褒貶與奪) giving and taking praise and criticism
夺冠(奪冠) to seize the crown; fig. to win a championship; to win gold medal
攫夺(攫奪) to seize; to pillage; to plunder
夺权(奪權) to seize power
璀璨夺目(璀璨奪目) dazzling
夺取(奪取) to snatch; to capture
争行夺市(爭行奪市) market competition
掠夺(掠奪) to plunder; to rob
生死与夺(生死與奪) giving and taking life and death
横刀夺爱(橫刀奪愛) to rob somebody of something they cherish
夺偶(奪偶) to contend for a mate
夺金(奪金) to snatch gold; to take first place in a competition
夺气(奪氣) robbed of one's spirit
夺门而出(奪門而出) to rush out through a door
攘夺(攘奪) to seize
抢夺(搶奪) to forcibly take
剥夺(剝奪) to deprive; to expropriate
篡夺(篡奪) to usurp; to seize
夺目(奪目) to dazzle the eyes
侵夺(侵奪) to plunder
夺走(奪走) to snatch away
争民施夺(爭民施奪) to argue with people and teach them to steal
夺格(奪格) ablative case
截夺(截奪) intercept
争夺战(爭奪戰) struggle
巧夺天工(巧奪天工) skill rivalling heaven
察夺(察奪) to investigate and decide [a case]
夺得(奪得) to achieve by force; to seize
争名夺利(爭名奪利) to fight for fame, grab profit; scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain
争权夺利(爭權奪利) scramble for power and profit; power struggle
酌夺(酌奪) to make a considered decision
光彩夺目(光彩奪目) dazzling; brilliant
劫夺(劫奪) to steal; to seize by force; to abduct
斩将夺旗(斬將奪旗) to behead the enemy's commander sieze their flag
定夺(定奪) to make a decision; to determine
争夺(爭奪) to fight over; to contest; to compete for
袭夺 to wantonly attack
夺魁(奪魁) to seize; to win
争分夺秒(爭分奪秒) fight minutes, snatch seconds; a race against time; making every second count
夺标(奪標) to compete for first prize
掠夺者(掠奪者) robber; plunderer; predator
强词夺理(強詞奪理) to twist words and force logic; sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
你争我夺(你爭我奪) you fight, I snatch; to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war
喧宾夺主(喧賓奪主) the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host; a minor player upstages the main attraction; minor details obscure the main point
褫夺(褫奪) to deprive; to strip of

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田氏夺

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夺人 (奪人) 先人有奪人之心 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 16
夺民 (奪民) 暴奪民衣食之財 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一辭過 Book 1 - Indulgence in Excess — count: 11
不可夺 (不可奪) 臨大節而不可奪也 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 8. 《泰伯》 Tai Bo — count: 9
可夺 (可奪) 三軍可奪帥也 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 9. 《子罕》 Zi Han — count: 7
亏夺 (虧奪) 以此虧奪民衣食之財 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八非樂上 Book 8 - Condemnation of Music I — count: 4
人夺 (人奪) 人奪女妻而不怒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
不能夺 (不能奪) 則其小者不能奪也 — Mencius 孟子, 告子上 Gaozi I — count: 4
王夺 (王奪) 王奪鄭伯政 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
欲夺 (欲奪) 父母欲奪而嫁之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧柏舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bo Zhou — count: 3
曰夺 (曰奪) 六曰奪 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3