Taxonomy of meanings for 奪:　　

  • 奪 duó (OC: dood MC: dʷɑt) 徒活切 入 廣韻：【左傳曰一與一奪徒活切八 】
    • TAKE
      • vadNtaken, which one has taken
      • vtoNstruggle to obtain, wrest from; wrest power away from; snatch away
      • vtoNfigurativetake away, snatch away
      • vtoNlegallytake away (as is one's right to do)
      • vtoNpassivebe taken away, be snatched away
      • vtoNfigurativebe taken away, be snatched away
      • vttoN1.+N2take away (from someone N1) (something N2)
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2take N1 away from N2
      • vtoNget hold of an N that is not originally under one's control> snatch awayCH
      • vtt[oN1.+N2]take things away from peopleLZ
      • vttoN1.+N2take away (something N1) (from N2)LZ
      • nabacttaking away things from peopleLZ
      • vtt[oN1.+prep+N2]take things away from peopleCH
      • violently>ROB
        • nab.tactthe being usurped by N; usurpation by N
        • nabactunlawful taking away of things; arrogation; overt misappropriation
        • vadNgiven to robbing
        • viactrob; steal; engage in the taking away from others what does not belong to one
        • vt(oN)illegitimately take over the (contextually determinate) state, to usurp the throne
        • vtoNobject=ownerrob an owner of what is his
        • vtoNN=thingarrogate to oneself (powers); illegitimately take over (a state), steal
        • vtoNpassivebe deprived by force of one's leading position; get usurped
        • vttoN1.+N2to rob (somebody N1) (of something N2), to take (something N1) away (from someone N2) by force
        • vtt(oN1.)+N2passiveby robbed of the contextually determinate NLZ

    Additional information about 奪

    說文解字:

      Criteria
    • TAKE

      1. The current general word for to take is qǔ 取.

      2. Duó 奪 is to take by force or threat of force.

      3. Nián 拈 and cuò 撮 refer to taking by the use of one's fingers only.

      4. Jué 攫 refers to picking up something not easy to get hold of.

      5. Zhí 執 "hold" is occasionally used inchoatively to mean "take hold of".

      6. Tàn 探 refers to the act of stretching out one's hands straining to lay hold something and succeeding in this effort.

    • ROB

      1. The current word for appropriating something that is not one's own by right is duó 奪.

      2. Jíé 劫 adds to the notion of misapropriation that violence or threat of violence.

      3. LŸè 掠 typically refers to misapropriation by military force.

      4. LŸè 略 refers specifically to the misappropriation of territory or a population.

      NB: Qiǎng 搶 is post-Han, possibly as late as Ming.

      Word relations
    • Ant: (TAKE)與 / 予/GIVE The most general word for to give is probably yǔ 與 (ant. qǔ 取 "take away from").
    • Ant: (TAKE)失/LOSE The dominant general word for to lose is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get") which refers to any disappearance of something which belonged to one in any sense, but the emphasis tends to be on the loss being the result of a mistake rather than mere insouciance.
    • Ant: (TAKE)讓/YIELD The dominant general word referring to yielding politely to others or giving precedence to them is ràng 讓 (ant. líng 陵 "treat without proper respect").
    • Ant: (TAKE)遞/GIVE
    • Ant: (ROB)賜/GIVE Cì 賜 can refer to an act of charity or to any giving of anything, typically from a person in authority to inferiors.
    • Assoc: (TAKE)爭/FIGHT The current general word for any form of conflict or competition is zhēng 爭 (ant. ràng 讓 "give polite precedence to"). However, the word specifically focusses on competition rather than physical violence.
    • Assoc: (ROB)攘/STEAL Ráng 攘 refers specifically to an act of taking another's property from a place other than his own home.
    • Assoc: (TAKE)爭/COMPETE The clearly dominant general word for competition or struggle, both hostile and friendly, is zhēng 爭 and the focus is on the conflict rather on what is being fought for. See STRUGGLE