Chinese Character Dictionary
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打瓜
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
打发
to dispatch sb to do sth
打发时间
to pass the time
打白条
to write an IOU or promissory note
打的
(slang) to take a taxi
打盹
to doze off
打盹儿
erhua variant of 打盹[dă dŭn]
打眼
to drill or bore a hole
打瞌睡
to doze off
打短儿
casual labor
打破
to break
打砸
to smash up
打碎
to shatter
打磨
polish
打禅
to meditate (of Buddhist)
打稿子
to produce a draft manuscript
打谷
to thresh
打谷场
threshing floor
打谷机
threshing machine
打箍
to hoop
打算
to plan
打算盘
to compute on the abacus
打结
to tie a knot
打网
to net sth
打紧
important
打骂
to beat and scold
打翻
to overturn
打翻身仗
to work hard towards a turn-around
打耳光
to slap on the face
打听
to ask about
打胎
to have an abortion
打肿脸充胖子
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
打草惊蛇
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake
打落水狗
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)
打薄剪刀
thinning scissors
打蛇不死
beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (common saying); nip the problem in the bud
打蛇不死，后患无穷
beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (common saying); nip the problem in the bud
打蛋器
egg beater
打虫
to swat an insect
打蜡
to wax (a car, floor etc)
打冲锋
to lead the charge
打制
forge
打制石器
a chipped stone (paleolithic) implement
打赌
to bet
打赖
to deny
打赤脚
to bare the feet
打赤膊
to bare one's chest
打趣
to make fun of
打跑
to run off rebuffed
打跟头
somersault
打趸儿
to buy wholesale
打躬作揖
to bow respectfully with clasped hands
打车
to take a taxi (in town)
打转
to spin
打退
to beat back
打退堂鼓
lit. to beat the return drum
打通
to open access
打通宵
to spend the whole night
打造
to create
打进
to breach
