劫

jié

HSK 7

劫 — jié

1. to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce

   土匪劫了村庄。 tǔ fěi jié le cūn zhuāng 。 — Bandits robbed the village.

2. calamity; disastrous event

   那场地震成了当地的劫难。 nà chǎng dì zhèn chéng liǎo dàng dì de jié nàn 。 — That earthquake became a local calamity.

3. abbr. for kalpa (a very long period of time in Buddhist cosmology)

   劫在佛教文献中常用来表示极长的时间周期。 jié zài fó jiào wén xiàn zhōng cháng yòng lái biǎo shì jí zhǎng de shí jiān zhōu qī 。 — Jie is often used in Buddhist texts to denote an extremely long period.