掠 lüè to pillage
to pillage; to ransack
怎么记住“掠”: 扌 hand + 京 capital = to pillage. While the family is away in the capital, a burglar slips his hand through the window and starts to pillage the house.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
掠 = 扌 hand + 京 capital
- 扌 hand meaning
- 京 capital sound
While the family is away in the capital, a burglar slips his hand through the window and starts to pillage the house.
How it came to be
The hand gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- Two threads: to plunder: 掠夺 (lüèduó) to pillage, 抢掠 (qiǎnglüè) to loot; and to skim/sweep past: 掠过 (lüèguò) to graze/flit by: 燕子掠过水面 (yànzi lüèguò shuǐmiàn) a swallow skims the water.
- 一丝笑容掠过脸庞 (yìsī xiàoróng lüèguò liǎnpáng) = a flicker of a smile crossed the face.