打劫

dǎjié
verb #7,244

Meanings

  1. 1 to rob; to hold up; to plunder

Examples

Tāmen dǎjié le yī jiā yínháng.
They robbed a bank.
Cǐ lù shì wǒ kāi, liúxià mǎi lù cái!
I own this road — leave your toll money! (classic bandit line)
Guāngtiān-huàrì zhī xià jìngrán yǒu rén dǎjié.
Someone actually committed a robbery in broad daylight.

Tips

usage
打劫 specifically implies robbery with force or threat — holding someone up. It's stronger than (steal quietly). Colloquially, 打劫! is used to complain about outrageous prices.

Stroke Order

jié