打气 (打氣)
dǎ qì
Pinyin
Definition
打气 (打氣)
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- to inflate
- to pump up
- fig. to encourage
- to boost morale
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 dozen (loanword)
- 1 to open
- 2 to show (a ticket)
- 3 to turn on
- 4 to switch on
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
- 1 to lay (a foundation)
- 2 to conquer (a city etc)
- 3 to shoot down (a bird etc)
- 1 to come into contact with
- 2 to have dealings
Idioms (20)
一炮打响
- 1 to win instant success (idiom)
- 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
- 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?
Sure, I can do it for you right now. You haven’t pump air in them in a long time, have you?
给你们打气,给你们送水,然后你们就把女生的活儿都干了。
Pumping you guys up, bringing you water--and then you would do all the girls' work for them.