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Keyword
prisoner
  • to capture
  • to imprison
  • to sieze
Frequency
#2574
Strokes
8
Readings
lǔ
Mnemonic
力 (strength) gives the meaning and 虍 the sound.
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Used in vocabulary
俘虏fúlǔ
to take prisoner; a captive (usu. a prisoner of war)
虏lǔ
prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave
虏获lǔhuò
capture (people)
鞑虏Dálǔ
Tartar (derogatory); also used as an insulting term for Manchus around 1900