"to rob" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
抢 搶 qiǎng v. to fight over / to rush / to scramble / to grab / to rob / to snatch syn
抢劫 搶劫 qiǎng jié v. to rob / looting syn
强盗 強盜 qiáng dào n. to rob (with force) / bandit / robber / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
打劫 dǎ jié to loot / to rob / to plunder / to ransack syn
掠夺 掠奪 lüè duó v. to plunder / to rob syn
劫 jié v. to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1] syn
盗 盜 dào v. to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber syn
掠 lüè to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep syn
剽 piāo to rob / swift / nimble / Taiwan pr. [piao4]
刦 jié to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity
刧 jié to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity
刼 jié to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity
略夺 略奪 lüè duó to plunder / to rob / variant of 掠奪|掠夺[lu:e4 duo2]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
盗墓 盜墓 dào mù to rob a tomb
除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn
劫杀 劫殺 jié shā to rob and kill
拦劫 攔劫 lán jié to mug / to intercept and rob
锄强扶弱 鋤強扶弱 chú qiáng fú ruò to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn
拆东墙补西墙 拆東牆補西牆 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
劫富济贫 劫富濟貧 jié fù jì pín to rob the rich to help the poor syn
打富济贫 打富濟貧 dǎ fù jì pín to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom)
拆东补西 拆東補西 chāi dōng bǔ xī lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul
蠹国害民 蠹國害民 dù guó hài mín to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
寇攘 kòu rǎng to rob and steal
横刀夺爱 橫刀奪愛 héng dāo duó ài to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
剪径 剪徑 jiǎn jìng to waylay and rob / highway robbery
图财致命 tú cái zhì mìng (idiom) To kill someone in order to rob them. It refers to the particularly serious crime of murdering for money.
扑击遏夺 撲擊遏奪 pū jī è duó (idiom) To attack and stop passers-by in order to rob them / to waylay and plunder travelers.
打家劫盗 dǎ jiā jié dào (idiom) To break into people’s homes and rob them of their possessions.
打家截舍 dǎ jiā jié shě (idiom) To break into people’s homes and rob them / to commit burglary and robbery.
打家截道 dǎ jiā jié dào (idiom) To rob people in their homes or waylay them on the road for their possessions.
明抢暗偷 míng qiǎng àn tōu (idiom) To rob openly and steal secretly. It describes people who engage in various kinds of wrongdoing.
明火执械 明火執械 míng huǒ zhí xiè (idiom) To rob openly or to commit wrongdoing without the slightest restraint. It describes criminal or abusive conduct carried out in broad daylight.
杀人劫财 shā rén jié cái (idiom) To kill people and rob them of their property. It refers to the actions of bandits or robbers.
椎埋穿掘 chuí mái chuān jué (idiom) To kill people and bury their bodies, then break into tombs and rob graves. By extension, it refers to committing every kind of violent or criminal act.
椎牛发冢 chuí niú fā zhǒng (idiom) To kill an ox and rob a grave. It describes criminals who will stop at nothing and people of extreme viciousness.
趁夥打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié (idiom) To take advantage of a crisis or someone else's misfortune in order to rob or harm them.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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