created sense approved 袭夺/襲奪 · xíduó · to seize by surprise — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
袭夺 / 襲奪
xíduó
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 approved 袭夺/襲奪 · xíduó · river capture — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
袭夺 / 襲奪
xíduó
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