夺

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to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man 大 grasping something 寸

Components 大寸

take by force · Heisig RSH #1545

St. Bernard dog + glued to

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
夺门而出	duó mén ér chū	to rush out through a door (idiom)
龙口夺食	lóng kǒu duó shí	to harvest hurriedly before rain comes
强词夺理	qiǎng cí duó lǐ	to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious …
先声夺人	xiān shēng duó rén	to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
争名夺利	zhēng míng duó lì	to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in…
争权夺利	zhēng quán duó lì	scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
光彩夺目	guāng cǎi duó mù	dazzling; brilliant
横刀夺爱	héng dāo duó ài	to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
争夺战	zhēng duó zhàn	struggle
夺金	duó jīn	to snatch gold; to take first place in a competition
定夺	dìng duó	to make a decision; to determine
夺得	duó dé	to take (after a struggle); to wrest; to seize; to capture; to win (a trophy)
夺回	duó huí	to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
夺目	duó mù	to dazzle the eyes
夺权	duó quán	to seize power
夺走	duó zǒu	to snatch away
夺标	duó biāo	to compete for first prize
夺取	duó qǔ	to seize; to capture; to wrest control of
争分夺秒	zhēng fēn duó miǎo	lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
争夺	zhēng duó	to fight over; to contest; to vie over