Definition
抢光 is a resultative verb compound meaning 'to loot everything' or 'to rob completely'. The second character 光 acts as a resultative complement indicating that the action of robbing (抢) is done to completion, leaving nothing behind. You can use this pattern with other verbs too — 吃光 (eat up), 用光 (use up), 花光 (spend all).
r.v.
to loot everythingto rob completely
Examples
- 抢光。Qiángdào bǎ shāngdiàn lǐ de dōngxi dōu qiāng le.The robbers looted everything in the store.
- 抢光。Tāmen qiāng le cūn lǐ de suǒyǒu liángshi.They looted all the grain in the village.
- 抢光。Xiǎotōu bǎ jiā lǐ de qián dōu qiāng le.The thief robbed all the money from the house.
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