Memory phrase for the character: 夺

夺

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Meaning

to seize, to take away forcibly, strive for

Pronunciation

duó

Explanation

 Top: big 大, bottom: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
With a big and skillful hand you can seize or strive/compete for sth.

Radicals

大 big, hugeA person 人 with outspread arms 一 appears big.
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. As a body part this is the forearm 肘. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".




 Vocabulary

夺取 duó qǔ  to seize; capture; to wrest control of
争夺 zhēng duó  fight over; contest; vie over
掠夺 lüè duó  to plunder, to rob
剥夺 bō duó  to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
争分夺秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo  lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
篡夺 cuàn duó  to usurp; to seize
攫夺 jué duó  to seize; to pillage; to plunder
 

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