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打

dǎ

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

打小报告

dǎxiǎobàogào

(coll.) to tattletale; to rat on sb

打闷雷

dǎmènléi

(coll.) to wonder secretly
to make wild conjectures

打水漂

dǎshuǐpiāo

to skip stones (on water)
(coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment

打游击

dǎyóujī

to wage guerrilla warfare; to fight as a guerrilla
(fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fixed place

打的

dǎdī

(coll.) to take a taxi
to go by taxi

打鸡血

dǎjīxuè

lit. to inject chicken blood
(coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly)

托儿

tuōr

(coll.) shill; tout; phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers

扯

chě

to pull
to tear
(of cloth, thread etc) to buy
to chat
to gossip
(coll.) (Tw) ridiculous
hokey

扶弟魔

fúdìmó

(coll.) (neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔 Fúdìmó) woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother (assisting him with his studies, giving money to help him buy a house etc)

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