橫刀奪愛

to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)

Characters and words in 橫刀奪愛

horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent

= + : Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.
harsh and unreasonable / unexpected
surname Dao
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: 刀 looks like a cleaver (while 刂 looks like a kitchen knife).

Don Quixote (d) serves his good deed of the day in front of the aorta (ao1). In order to feed the people, he uses a plow (㇆) to dig up bananas (丿), and cuts them into slices with a broad cleaver (刀).
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose

= + : Doggy Dog (du) programmed the robot (大) to seize (夺) a wiener from observatory's kitchen counter (o2). As the robot gives him the sausage Doggy Dog gives him the thumbs up (寸).
to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)

= + 𠂇 : Mnemonic symbol: A pair of swans who are in love.

= + 𠂇 : Albert Einstein hurt himself with a pair of scissors in the airplane's bathroom. He's already laying on a stretcher carried by two swans who are deeply in love with each other, being transported to the next hospital. A hospital... of love.

Words with 橫刀奪愛

橫刀奪愛 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 橫刀奪愛

橫刀奪愛 currently does not appear in any sentence.