打岔

dǎchà
  1. interruption
  2. to interrupt (esp. talk)
  3. to change the subject

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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 岔 chà
  1. fork in road
  2. bifurcation
  3. branch in road, river, mountain range etc
  4. to branch off
  5. to turn off
  6. to diverge
  7. to stray (from the path)
  8. to change the subject
  9. to interrupt
  10. to stagger (times)