掳掠 (lǔ lüè) — to plunder, to pillage; (fig.) to win over (people's hearts)

Definition

verb
to plunderto pillage(fig.) to win over (people's hearts)

Examples

  • 掳掠。
    Gǔ dài jūn duì jīng cháng lǔ lüè cūn zhuāng.
    Ancient armies often plundered villages.
  • 掳掠。
    Qīn lüè zhě lǔ lüè le dà liàng de cái wù.
    The invaders pillaged a large amount of property.
  • 掳掠。
    Tā men shì tú yòng tián yán mì yǔ lǔ lüè rén xīn.
    They tried to win people's hearts with sweet words.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

掳lǔseize
掠lüèplunder

掳 and 掠 both describe taking things by force, so together they mean plunder.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
京
京jīng掠lüè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

掠 pairs 手, showing action by the hand, with 京, which gives the sound.

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