打
verb A1- to hit; to strike
- to fight
- (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection"
- (coll.) from; since
Other readings
- dá(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
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那日从学里师爷家迎了回来，小舍人头上戴着方巾，身上披着大红䌷，骑着老爷棚子里的马，大吹大打，来到家门口。
打紧又被这瞎眼的亡人在路上打个前失，把我跌了下来，跌的腰胯生疼。
秦老在打麦场上放下一张桌子，两人小饮。
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