xí​duó

to seize by surprise

  • created sense approved 袭夺/襲奪 · xí​duó · to seize by surprise — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    袭夺 / 襲奪

    xí​duó

    to seize by surprise

    (military) to take a city or territory by a surprise attack; to capture through a sudden raid

    袭 (literal) → 袭/襲 · xí · to attack 夺 (literal) → 夺/奪 · duó · to seize

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 袭夺/襲奪 · xí​duó · river capture — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    袭夺 / 襲奪

    xí​duó

    river capture

    The process by which a stream or river is diverted from its own bed and flows instead down the bed of a neighboring stream with a lower erosional base level; stream piracy

    袭 (literal) → 袭/襲 · xí · to attack 夺 (literal) → 夺/奪 · duó · to seize

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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