| | 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. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then") | HSK 1 |
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| | to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) | HSK 4 |
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| | drum / CL: 通, 面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell | HSK 5 |
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| | to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) | HSK 5 |
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| | to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge | HSK 5 |
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| | a strike / to go on strike | HSK 6 |
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| | to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to strike; to hit; to ram | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩, hook | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy) | |
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| | to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button) | |
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| | to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2] | |
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| | direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for | |
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| | hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer | |
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| | to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation | |
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| | to counterattack; to strike back / (neologism c. 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive; to make an improbable comeback | |
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| | to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit | |
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| | to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) / fig. steadily and surely | |
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| | to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom) | |
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| | lightning strike / thunderbolt | |
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| | corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey | |
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| | to hit (a target etc) / to strike | |
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| | to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot | |
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| | to strike off (the rolls) / to remove from a list / to expunge / to expel | |
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| | lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides | |
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| | to go on a hunger strike | |
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| | to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture | |
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| | to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home | |
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| | to strike while the iron is hot | |
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| | shake / stick into / strike | |
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| | to strike with the elbow; to elbow | |
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| | (onom.) clang / jingling of metals / to strike | |
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| | to lower a flag / to strike the colors | |
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| | to defeat / to strike down / to destroy | |
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| | lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim) | |
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| | to fan / to flap / to incite / to instigate (a strike etc) | |
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| | rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) | |
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| | to strike / wham! | |
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| | (idiom) to strike a coquettish pose | |
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| | strike, hit with hand / tap | |
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| | (of a ship) to strike a reef / (fig.) to hit a snag | |
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| | (literary) to hit; to strike; to smite | |
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| | to strike / to run against / to throw, as a stone | |
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| | to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle) | |
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| | to knock / strike | |
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| | to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion | |
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| | student strike / to boycott classes | |
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| | to strike / to take in the hand | |
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| | (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points | |
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| | to strike camp | |
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| | to chop / strike | |
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| | strike the iron while it's hot (idiom) | |
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| | to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops | |
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| | ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of 抓 / to strike; to beat | |
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| | lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard | |
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| | protest strike by merchants | |
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| | teacher's strike | |
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| | to settle in (a place); to take up permanent residence / (literary) to strike sb's name from a register | |
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| | to strike out / strikeout (baseball, softball) / (Tw) to ditch / to eliminate from consideration | |
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| | lightning bolt; lightning strike | |
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| | to fast / hunger strike | |
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| | bird strike (aviation) | |
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| | to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures | |
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| | anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc | |
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| | strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another | |
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| | (coll.) to strike a pose | |
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| | hunger strike | |
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| | to attack murderously / to strike treacherously | |
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| | lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself | |
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| | (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand | |
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| | (of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike | |
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| | (idiom) to strike at one's core; to deeply hurt sb | |
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| | strikes you in the face | |
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| | to strike the edge of the gong / (fig.) to stir the pot (i.e. cause or exacerbate a dispute) | |
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| | (military) decapitation strike | |
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| | nuclear counter strike | |
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| | (accounting) to strike a balance / to reverse an entry / to write off | |
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| | strike fault (geology) | |
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| | avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom) | |
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| | the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target | |
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| | the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target | |
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| | sit-in strike | |
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