打醮

dǎjiào

to set up a ritual altar on a specified day to pray for the blessing of gods or spirits (for souls to pass over, for construction of new temples, etc.)

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Entry Composition

=1 打 dá
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr. dǎ
=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 醮 jiào to perform sacrifice