qiāng

Translation

  • (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
  • opposite in direction
  • contrary

Synonyms

Examples

  • 这家银行一週前被劫。
    The bank was held up a week ago.
  • 他身上的钱全被强盗走了。
    A mugger robbed him of all of his money.
  • 劫银行的后果就是在监狱里蹲十年。
    Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
  • 今天强盗大白天的就了另一家银行。
    The thieves knocked off another bank today in a daytime robbery.
  • 他把我妹妹的玩具都走了。
    He deprived my little sister of all her toys.
  • 流利的英语在今天是一种十分手的技能。
    Fluency in English is a very marketable skill today.
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