打气 (打氣)
dǎ qì
Pinyin

Definition

打气 (打氣)
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dǎ qì
  1. to inflate
  2. to pump up
  3. fig. to encourage
  4. to boost morale

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
dǎ xià
  1. 1 to lay (a foundation)
  2. 2 to conquer (a city etc)
  3. 3 to shoot down (a bird etc)
dǎ jiāo dào
  1. 1 to come into contact with
  2. 2 to have dealings

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

Sample Sentences

好,我现在就给你打。你这车好久没打气了吧?
hǎo ,wǒ xiànzài jiù gěi nǐ dǎ 。nǐ zhè chē hǎojiǔ méi dǎqì le ba ?
Sure, I can do it for you right now. You haven’t pump air in them in a long time, have you?
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给你们打气,给你们送水,然后你们就把女生的活儿都干了。
gěi nǐmen dǎqì ,gěi nǐmen sòng shuǐ ,ránhòu nǐmen jiù bǎ nǚshēng de huór dōu gàn le 。
Pumping you guys up, bringing you water--and then you would do all the girls' work for them.
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