打出手

dǎchūshǒu
  1. to fling back weapons hurled at one by attackers (acrobatic performance in Chinese opera)
  2. to come to blows
  3. to start a fight

CEDICT

  1. 戲劇中互相投擲傳遞武器的技巧，稱為「打出手」。
  2. 打架。

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Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. 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 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
2 出手 chūshǒu
  1. to dispose of
  2. to spend (money)
  3. to undertake a task

Containing this entry

大打出手 dàdǎchūshǒu
  1. to come to blows
  2. to start a fight
  3. (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手 dǎchūshǒu)

Related entries

動手動腳 dòngshǒudòngjiǎo
  1. to come to blows
  2. to paw
  3. to grope
  4. to get fresh
大打出手 dàdǎchūshǒu
  1. to come to blows
  2. to start a fight
  3. (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手 dǎchūshǒu)
幹架 gànjià
  1. (dialect) to come to blows
  2. to have a row
剋架 kēijià
  1. to scuffle
  2. to come to blows
動武 dòngwǔ
  1. to use force
  2. to come to blows
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