打劫

dǎjié

verb #7,244

Meanings

1 to rob; to hold up; to plunder

Characters

to hit; to strike

to rob; to plunder; calamity

Examples

HSK 2

他们打劫了一家银行。

Tāmen dǎjié le yī jiā yínháng.

They robbed a bank.

HSK 5

光天化日之下竟然有人打劫。

Guāngtiān-huàrì zhīxià jìngrán yǒu rén dǎjié.

Someone actually committed a robbery in broad daylight.

HSK 7-9

此路是我开，留下买路财！

Cǐ lù shì wǒ kāi, liúxià mǎi lù cái!

I own this road - leave your toll money! (classic bandit line)

Tips

usage

打劫 specifically implies robbery with force or threat - holding someone up. It's stronger than 偷 (steal quietly). Colloquially, 你这是打劫啊！ is used to complain about outrageous prices.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

劫 jié