奪
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duó · to rob, to snatch, to take by force

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14Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 奪

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Example sentences

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Yě huǒ duó zǒu le hǎo duō rén de shēng mìng.野火奪走了好多人的生命。

So many lives were lost due to the wildfire.

Source: Tatoeba #13519200 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi yǒu rén néng bāo duó nǐ de rén quán.沒有人能剝奪你的人權。

No one can deprive of your human rights.

Source: Tatoeba #1945987 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dà zhà dàn cóng tiān ér jiàng, duó zǒu le xū duō rén de shēng mìng.大炸彈從天而降,奪走了許多人的生命。

A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.

Source: Tatoeba #346704 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài yījiǔ wǔ bā nián, bā xī shǒu cì duó dé le shì jiè bēi de guān jūn.在一九五八年,巴西首次奪得了世界盃的冠軍。

In 1958, Brazil won its first World Cup victory.

Source: Tatoeba #481182 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén yào lián shèng qī jú, cái néng zài zhè chǎng jǐn biāo sài zhōng duó dé guān jūn.我們要連勝七局,才能在這場錦標賽中奪得冠軍。

We have to win seven times in a row to win this tournament.

Source: Tatoeba #716735 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wáng guān shàng xiāng qiàn zhù shù shí kē guāng cǎi duó mùdì bǎo shí.王冠上鑲嵌著數十顆光彩奪目的寶石。

The crown is adorned with dozens of divinely lustrous gemstones.

Source: Tatoeba #13916226 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 奪 in context

  1. Say duó, then recall the core meaning: to rob, to snatch, to take by force.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 奪 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.