劫
jié
Pinyin

Definition

劫
 - 
jié
  1. to rob
  2. to plunder
  3. to seize by force
  4. to coerce
  5. calamity
  6. abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jié bō]
劫 (刼)
 - 
jié
  1. variant of 劫[jié]
劫 (刧)
 - 
jié
  1. variant of 劫[jié]
劫 (刦)
 - 
jié
  1. variant of 劫[jié]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

蜐
jié
  1. 1 see also: 石蜐 shí jié

Related Words (20)

劫
jié
  1. 1 variant: 劫 jié
劫匪
jié fěi
  1. 1 bandit
  2. 2 robber
抢劫
qiǎng jié
  1. 1 to rob
  2. 2 looting
劫持
jié chí
  1. 1 to kidnap
  2. 2 to hijack
  3. 3 to abduct
  4. 4 to hold under duress
劫数
jié shù
  1. 1 predestined fate (Buddhism)

Idioms (4)

劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng
  1. 1 after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
  1. 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
打家劫舍
dǎ jiā jié shè
  1. 1 to break into a house for robbery (idiom)
趁火打劫
chèn huǒ dǎ jié
  1. 1 to loot a burning house
  2. 2 to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)

Sample Sentences

九月二日的这场大火，不仅是巴西文化遗产的浩劫，更是对全人类共同文化传承的巨大损害。
Jiǔyuè èrrì de zhè chǎng dàhuǒ ，bùjǐn shì Bāxī wénhuàyíchǎn de hàojié ，gèng shì duì Quán rénlèi gòngtóng wénhuà chuánchéng de jùdà sǔnhài 。
The fire on September 2 is not only the catastrophe of Brazilian cultural heritage, but also a great loss to the common cultural heritage of all mankind.
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持续整晚的大火使馆藏二千万件藏品遭受了无可估量的损失堪称浩劫。
chíxù zhéngwǎn de dàhuǒ shǐ guǎn cáng èrqiānwàn jiàn cángpǐn zāoshòu le wúkěgūliáng de sǔnshī kānchēng hàojié 。
It was a catastrophic loss as the fire which lasted for the whole night caused the loss of 20 million items in the collection.
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代驾安全吗？会不会看胖子喝醉了，趁机抢劫？
dàijià ānquán ma ？huì bu huì kàn pàngzi hēzuì le ，chènjī qiǎngjié ？
Are those designated drivers safe? Will they see how drunk fatty is and take advantage of him and rob him?
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抢劫犯
qiǎngjiéfàn
robber
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啊，抢劫啦！
à ，qiǎngjié la ！
This is a robbery?!
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我么，到时候肯定要想办法求生，说不定能找个法子躲过一劫。
wǒ ma ，dào shíhou kěndìng yào xiǎng bànfǎ qiúshēng ，shuōbudìng néng zhǎo gè fǎzi duǒguò yī jié 。
Me? If that happened I would definitely come up with some sort of way for us to survive. Maybe even find a way to avoid the disaster.
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现在有些人胆子真大，为了一点小事就去抢劫、杀人。还好我们有死刑。
xiànzài yǒuxiē rén dǎnzi zhēn dà ，wèile yīdiǎn xiǎoshì jiù qù qiǎngjié 、shārén 。háihǎo wǒmen yǒu sǐxíng 。
Nowadays, some people have a lot of nerve. Over some trifle they will commit robbery or murder. Good thing we have the death penalty.
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