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掠 lüè

to pillage, to ransack

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
扌
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 扌京 ⿰扌京

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  1. 敌军掠夺了这座城市的财物。
    Díjūn lüèduóle zhè zuò chéngshì de cáiwù.
    The enemy army plundered this city's wealth.
    enemy-army plunder(ed) this (measure) city (particle) wealth
  2. 历史上有多少国家曾被掠夺资源？
    Lìshǐ shàng yǒu duōshǎo guójiā céng bèi lüèduó zīyuán?
    In history, how many countries have had their resources plundered?
    history on have how-many country once (passive) plunder resource
  3. 我们应该反对这种掠夺行为。
    Wǒmen yīnggāi fǎnduì zhè zhǒng lüèduó xíngwéi.
    We should oppose this kind of plundering behavior.
    we should oppose this kind plunder behavior
  4. 这块土地没有被外人掠夺过。
    Zhè kuài tǔdì méiyǒu bèi wàirén lüèduóguo.
    This piece of land has never been plundered by outsiders.
    this (measure) land not-have (passive) outsider plunder-past
  5. 战争期间，很多资源被掠夺一空。
    Zhànzhēng qījiān, hěn duō zīyuán bèi lüèduó yì kōng.
    During the war, a lot of resources were completely plundered.
    war period, very many resource (passive) plunder one empty

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