So many lives were lost due to the wildfire.
夺走
to snatch away
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Meaning and common use
to snatch away
How 夺走 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 夺走 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.
Yanni took the life of an innocent young man.
Words that keep company with 夺走.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 夺走.
Directly before
- 野火夺走1
Directly after
- 夺走了3
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 夺走
What does 夺走 mean in Chinese?
夺走 (duózǒu) means to snatch away.
How do you pronounce 夺走?
夺走 is pronounced duózǒu.
Is 夺走 an HSK word?
夺走 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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