These cavalrymen are swift and fierce, hard to defend against.
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usage
Two common compounds: 剽窃 ('to plagiarize / steal others' work') and 剽悍 ('agile and fierce,' of fighters or animals). Mainland reads piāo; Taiwan reads it piào.
Right side 刂 is the upright knife radical, side-form of 刀. A blade signals robbery and cutting away — fitting for plundering or 'lifting' someone's work. Same family as 割 to cut and 刺 to stab.
