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dǎxiāo

to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc)
to give up on

to dismiss; to abandon (an idea, a thought, etc.); to dispell

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Examples

打消这种幼稚的念头吧。

Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.

Source: Tatoeba

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 diminish; to subside
to consume; to reduce
to idle away (the time)
(after 不 bù or 只 zhǐ or 何 hé etc) to need; to require; to take

Related entries

to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc)
to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion)
thaw (in relations)

to dispel (doubts)
to clear up (misunderstanding)

to dispel
to clear

to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc)
to dispel (negative thoughts etc)

湯姆失業後，為了排遣鬱悶的心情而開始了賭博。

After Tom lost his job, he started to gamble to cope with his depression.

Source: Tatoeba

to eliminate
to dispel
resolution

sacrifice to drive away calamity
to dispel
to drive away
to remove

to disperse (a crowd etc)
(fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc)

警察驅散了這場鬥毆。

The police broke up the fight.

Source: Tatoeba

to drive off
to dispel
to expel

to drive away
to dispel

to dissolve
to resolve (contradictions)
to dispel (doubts)
to iron out (difficulties)
to defuse (conflicts)
to neutralize (fears)

to scatter
to break up (a meeting etc)
to disperse
to disseminate
to dispel
(coll.) to sack

您的鞋帶散了。

Your shoes are untied.

Source: Tatoeba