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. 戏剧中互相投掷传递武器的技巧，称为「打出手」。
  2. 打架。

重編國語辭典

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. 打伞 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 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

动手动脚 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)
干架 gànjià
  1. (dialect) to come to blows
  2. to have a row
剋架 kēijià
  1. to scuffle
  2. to come to blows
动武 dòngwǔ
  1. to use force
  2. to come to blows
殴打 ōudǎ
  1. to beat up
  2. to come to blows
  3. battery (law)
他被殴打得快死。

He was beaten to within an inch of his life.

Source: Tatoeba

打架 dǎjià
  1. to fight
  2. to scuffle
  3. to come to blows

classifier: 場

你和湯姆打架了？

Have you and Tom been fighting?

Source: Tatoeba

比划 bǐhua
  1. to gesture
  2. to gesticulate
  3. to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher
  4. to fight
  5. to come to blows
开打 kāidǎ
  1. (of a sports competition or match) to commence
  2. (of a war or battle) to break out
  3. to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera)
  4. to brawl
  5. to come to blows
寻衅 xúnxìn
  1. to pick a quarrel
  2. to start a fight