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掠

Mandarin · pinyin lüè

Meanings

  1. to take over by force
  2. to rob
  3. to plunder
  4. to brush over
  5. to skim
  6. to sweep
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掠
lüè · rob, ransack, plunder; pass by
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character · Etymology 1

  1. to rob; to loot
  2. to sweep through
  3. (Southern Min) to catch; to capture; to arrest
  4. (Hokkien) to massage by kneading
  5. (Hokkien) to estimate; to evaluate; to assess; to suppose
  6. (Hokkien) to control; to manipulate; to work out (to bring about or maintain a certain result)
  7. (Hokkien) Classifier for lengths in spans, or the width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the middle finger: span
  8. (Hokkien) used to introduce the target of a following verb phrase
  9. (Mainland China Hokkien) to mend (especially by knitting)
  10. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to identify the problem area
  11. (Classical Chinese) to flog; to beat

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) to obtain (money) forcefully

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