打点滴 (打點滴)
dǎ diǎn dī
Pinyin

Definition

打点滴 (打點滴)
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dǎ diǎn dī
  1. to put sb on an intravenous drip

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
滴
dī
  1. 1 a drop
  2. 2 to drip
点滴
diǎn dī
  1. 1 a drip
  2. 2 a little bit
  3. 3 intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)
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

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

以前一去医院看感冒就给你打点滴。现在国家管得紧了。不过这是好事情，滥用抗生素危害很严重，普通细菌耐药性不断增强会变异成超级细菌，就没有药可以治疗了。
yǐqián yī qù yīyuàn kàn gǎnmào jiù gěi nǐ dǎdiǎndī 。xiànzài guójiā guǎn de jǐn le 。bùguò zhè shì hǎo shìqing ，lànyòng kàngshēngsù wēihài hěn yánzhòng ，pǔtōng xìjūn nàiyàoxìng bùduàn zēngqiáng huì biànyì chéng chāojí xìjūn ，jiù méiyǒu yào kěyǐ zhìliáo le 。
Before, as soon as I went to the hospital with a cold they'd put me on an IV. Now the government regulates it very strictly. However, this is a good thing. The dangers of abusing antibiotics are very serious. Regular bacteria that continue to grow more resistant to drugs can become super bugs, and then no medicines can treat them.
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