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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

洗劫 [xǐjié]
  1. 1. verb loot

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

洗劫 [xǐjié]
  1. 1. loot; sack
    屋子里的东西被匪徒们洗劫一空。
    The bandits made off with everything in the house.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

洗劫 [xǐjié]
  1. 1. 用暴力把财物抢光
    洗劫一空。

Examples

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洗劫
After the burglars left my apartment, all my clothes were scattered about the floor.
盗贼洗劫了我的公寓之后,所有的衣物被乱丢了一地。
She was robbed of all her jewels.
她的全部首饰被洗劫一空。
In a few minutes, thieves cleaned out over $10000 of equipment.
短短几分钟,价值一万美元的设备就被小偷洗劫一空。
Rioters smashed police guard boxes, set fire to police cars and ransacked buildings.
暴徒们砸烂了警察岗亭,把警车付之一炬,并洗劫了这些大楼。

Collocations

洗劫一空
to be hold someone up
疯狂洗劫
to make off with everything
持枪洗劫
to hold someone up at gunpoint
横遭洗劫
to be ransacked
洗劫商铺
to rob a store

Word Decomposition


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