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打掉

dǎdiào

to tear down
to destroy
to dismantle (a gang)
to abort (a fetus)

to annihilate; to eradicate; to wipe out
to destroy; to wreck
to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel

Entry Composition

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")
to hit; to strike
to fight
(coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")

to fall
to drop
to lag behind
to lose
to go missing
to reduce
fall (in prices)
to lose (value, weight etc)
to wag
to swing
to turn
to change
to exchange
to swap
to show off
to shed (hair)
(used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

Containing this entry

打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥

dǎdiàoményá,wǎngdùzilǐyàn

lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically

Related entries

to tear down
to demolish
to dismantle
to remove

他們將在兩天內拆除這棟舊的建築物。

They will tear down the old building in two days.

Source: Tatoeba

to tear open
to tear down
to tear apart
to open

他怎么敢拆我的信！

How dare he open my letters!

Source: Tatoeba

non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
barbarians
to wipe out
to exterminate
to tear down
to raze

在厦威夷，一个人可以一年到头享受海水浴的乐趣。

In Hawaii, one can swim in the ocean all year round.

Source: Tatoeba

to destroy
to extirpate

to destroy
to smash
sabotage

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