No. 7,459 in Chinese
被劫
"被劫" means "to be robbed" or "to be hijacked."
In a sentence
这家银行昨天被劫了。
This bank was robbed yesterday.
The word '被劫' here indicates that the bank was subjected to a robbery, emphasizing the occurrence of the theft.
他从没想过自己会被劫。
He never thought he would be robbed.
In this sentence, '被劫' expresses the state of the individual possibly experiencing robbery, indicating an involuntary or unexpected situation.
他们设计了一个计划，假装被劫。
They devised a plan to pretend being robbed.
Here, '被劫' refers to a simulated scenario of being robbed, showing the application of the word in a hypothetical context.
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