篡夺

篡奪

cuànduó

verb #35,942

Meanings

1 to usurp
2 to seize (illegitimately)

Characters

to seize, to snatch

Examples

HSK 6

篡夺权力的行为遭到了人民的反对。

Cuànduó quánlì de xíngwéi zāodào le rénmín de fǎnduì.

The act of usurping power was met with popular opposition.

HSK 7-9

他企图篡夺王位。

Tā qǐtú cuànduó wángwèi.

He plotted to usurp the throne.

Tips

register

Strongly negative, formal/literary. Used historically about emperors and dynasties (篡夺王位 'usurp the throne'), and in modern contexts of political/corporate power grabs. Cannot be used neutrally for 'taking over'.

Stroke Order

篡 cuàn

夺 duó