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  *打* | 打* | *打
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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  *打* | 打* | *打
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]
HSK 4
to call / to dial
HSK 6
to take a beating; to come under attack
HSK 6
singles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
lit. windswept and battered by rain / to undergo hardship (idiom)
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
to ask for a beating
to viciously beat (sb) up / CL: 頓|顿
home run (baseball)
to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law)
HSK 7-9
to wrestle / to grapple / to scuffle
doubles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
to beat sb / to beat (a drum)
to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
principal; main; flagship (product); title (track) / to specialize in; to take as one's priority; to primarily focus on
men's singles (in tennis etc)
to go through challenging experiences / to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture
to beat; to pound; to thump
to whip / to flog / to thrash
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate / Taiwan pr. [xiao3su1da3]
to beat sb soundly
to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) / fig. steadily and surely
to beat / to lash
(loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink
to crack down on / to take severe measures against
promotion (for a product) / advertisement
(coll.) to pester / to harass
to strike / wham!
half a dozen
dozen
acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
laser printer / abbr. for 激光打印機|激光打印机
mixed martial arts
to swat / (of wings) to flap
to inject (a vaccine etc)
to punch
to knock / to grasp sth in the hand and beat it / to toughen oneself up
to beat viciously
the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)
to hang sb up and beat him / (fig.) (slang) to own (one's opponent) / to thoroughly dominate
made of iron / strong as iron
to come to blows; to tussle
base hit (baseball)
to attack (the enemy)
to chase and beat
(of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
home run (baseball)
to whip / to lash / to flog / to thrash
to beat; to whisk; to whip (eggs, cream etc)
(coll.) since
lambda (Greek letter Λλ)
to punish by flogging
to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
Kedah, state of northwest Malaysia, capital Alor Star 亞羅士打|亚罗士打
torture / interrogation by torture
sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
to make a fresh batch of sth (juice, pasta, spices etc); freshly made (or ground, squeezed, brewed etc)
to kick and beat (idiom)
to make a continual banging sound / (fig.) to provoke with words
to tap; to hit lightly
to fight (one against one)
(of waves, rain etc) to dash against / to batter
cider (loanword)
to touch-type
Kinta valley and river in Perak, Malaysia
Alor Star city, capital of Kedah state in northwest Malaysia
walk-off home run
(loanword) coup d'état


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