capture and seize; take prisoner and booty
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to capture (enemy troops) and seize (weapons/booty); to take prisoner and spoils of war
formalA formal military term typically used in written reports or historical contexts to describe the outcome of a battle. Combines the concepts of capturing personnel (虏) and seizing materiel (获).
Wǒ我
jūn军
zài在
cǐ此
cì次
zhàn战
yì役
zhōng中
lǔ虏
huò获
dí敌
jūn军
sān三
qiān千
rén人
，
tǎn坦
kè克
wǔ五
shí十
liàng辆
。
Our army captured three thousand enemy soldiers and fifty tanks in this battle.
Yóu游
jī击
duì队
chéng成
gōng功
lǔ虏
huò获
le了
dí敌
rén人
de的
jūn军
huǒ火
kù库
。
The guerrilla unit successfully seized the enemy's munitions depot.
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Zhè这
chǎng场
zhàn战
zhēng争
lǔ虏
huò获
de的
wù物
zī资
duī堆
jī积
rú如
shān山
。
The supplies captured in this war piled up like mountains.