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Character Decomposition
打=扌+丁
Etymology
hand
Meanings
(loanword) dozen
Taiwan pr.
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. "to hold an umbrella", "to make a phone call", "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", "to inflate")
to hit; to strike
to fight
(coll.) from; since (as in "since then")
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Words with 打 984 total
(dialect) to kiss打啵dǎ bōto mow grass · haymaking · to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)打草dǎ cǎoto prune (branches)打杈dǎ chà(dialect) to joke · to make fun of (sb)打镲dǎ chǎinterruption · to interrupt (esp. talk) · to change the subject打岔dǎ chàto shiver · to tremble打颤dǎ zhànto thresh grain (on the floor)打场dǎ cháng
Idioms with 打 125 total
(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will棒打鸳鸯bàng dǎ yuān yāngto run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business · not allow anyone else to have a look in包打天下bāo dǎ tiān xiàdon't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship不打不成相识bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shílit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship · no discord, no concord不打不相识bù dǎ bù xiāng shíto confess without being pressed · to make a confession without duress不打自招bù dǎ zì zhāoto include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest · buffoonery插科打诨chā kē dǎ hùn