虏
lǔ HSK7

to capture

虏 (虜) lǔ
barbarian noun
an archaic or derogatory term used by Han Chinese for northern ethnic groups

岳飞的一生都致力于驱除鞑虏。

Yuè Fēi de yī​shēng dōu zhì​lì yú qū​chú Dá lǔ.

Yue Fei dedicated his entire life to driving out the invaders.

capture verb
to take someone prisoner or capture in war

不少平民在当年的那场战乱中被敌人虏走。

bù​shǎo píng​mín zài dàng​nián de nà cháng zhàn​luàn zhōng bèi dí​rén lǔ zǒu.

Many civilians were captured by the enemy during the war that year.

prisoner noun
a prisoner of war or captive

那场战争结束后，双方在边界处交换了虏。

nà cháng zhàn​zhēng jié​shù hòu, shuāng​fāng zài biān​jiè chù jiāo​huàn le lǔ.

After the war ended, the two sides exchanged prisoners at the border.

slave measure word
a slave or person in a position of servitude

他在那个遥远的国家被迫当了十年的虏。

tā zài nà gè yáo​yuǎn de guó​jiā bèi​pò dāng le shí nián de lǔ.

He was forced to be a captive in that remote country for ten years.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,475th most common 19.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,834th most common 4.55 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.360 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
3.69 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
虜
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+864F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)