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Character Decomposition
打=扌+丁
Etymology
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Meanings2 pronunciations
dá
(loanword) dozen
Taiwan pr. dǎ
dǎ
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. dǎ sǎn "to hold an umbrella", dǎ diàn huà "to make a phone call", dǎ zhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎ shǒu tào "to knit gloves", dǎ qì "to inflate")
to hit; to strike
to fight
(coll.) from; since (as in dǎ nà yǐ hòu "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 Chain
Lift a rock only to have one's toes squashed · lift a rock only to drop it on one's own feet · be hoist with (or by) one's own petard搬起石头打自己的脚bān qǐ shí tóu dǎ zì jǐ de jiǎo(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 zhāo