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掠
lüè
1.
to take over by force
2.
to rob
3.
to plunder
4.
to brush over
5.
to skim
6.
to sweep
Common • Top 6%
✏️ 11 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (15)
劫掠
jiélüè
to loot
拷掠
kǎolüè
to torture
掠取
lüèqǔ
to plunder
掠夺
lüèduó
to plunder
掠美
lüèměi
to claim credit due to others
掠卖
lüèmài
to press-gang sb and sell into slavery
掠过
lüèguò
to flit across
掠食
lüèshí
to prey on
抢掠
qiǎnglüè
to loot
掳掠
lǔlüè
to loot
擦掠
cālüè
to brush against
笞掠
chīlüè
to flog
前掠翼
qiánlüèyì
swept-forward wing (on jet fighter)
掠夺者
lüèduózhě
robber
掠卖华工
lüèmàihuágōng
Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,867
- Word Frequency Rank
- 5,297 of 84,292