抢光 (qiāng) — to loot everything, to rob completely

Definition

A resultative verb meaning to take everything — 抢 (rob/loot) + 光 (completely, nothing left). Focuses on the total, empty outcome, not the act of taking.

verb
to loot everythingto rob completely

Examples

  • 抢光
    Qiáng dào bǎ shāng diàn lǐ de dōng xī dōu qiāng le.
    The robbers looted everything in the store.
  • 抢光
    Tā men qiāng le cūn lǐ de suǒ yǒu liáng shi.
    They looted all the grain in the village.
  • 抢光
    Xiǎo tōu bǎ jiā lǐ de qián dōu qiāng le.
    The thief robbed all the money from the house.

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