零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
Pinyin

Definition

零打碎敲
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líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
dǎ suàn
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to intend
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 plan
  5. 5 intention
  6. 6 calculation
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
suì
  1. 1 to break down
  2. 2 to break into pieces
  3. 3 fragmentary
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
diāo líng
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 wilted
  3. 3 to wither
  4. 4 to fade
  5. 5 to decay
qiē suì
  1. 1 to chop
xīn suì
  1. 1 heartbroken
  2. 2 extreme depth of sorrow
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
dǎ zhàng
  1. 1 to fight a battle
  2. 2 to go to war
dǎ dǎo
  1. 1 to overthrow
  2. 2 to knock down
  3. 3 Down with ... !
dǎ jiǎ
  1. 1 to fight counterfeiting
  2. 2 to expose as false
  3. 3 to denounce sb's lies
dǎ sǎn
  1. 1 to hold up an umbrella
dǎ jié
  1. 1 to loot
  2. 2 to rob
  3. 3 to plunder
  4. 4 to ransack
dǎ dòng
  1. 1 to move (to pity)
  2. 2 arousing (sympathy)
  3. 3 touching
dǎ bāo
  1. 1 to wrap
  2. 2 to pack
  3. 3 to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out
  4. 4 to package (computing)
dǎ kǎ
  1. 1 (of an employee) to clock on (or off)
  2. 2 to punch in (or out)
dǎ yìn
  1. 1 to print
  2. 2 to seal
  3. 3 to stamp
dǎ yìn jī
  1. 1 printer

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
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
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)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
干打雷,不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
前门打虎,后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
  1. 1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
包打天下
bāo dǎ tiān xià
  1. 1 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
  2. 2 not allow anyone else to have a look in
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
  1. 1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
  2. 2 divide and conquer
和尚打伞,无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
  1. 1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
  2. 2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
  3. 3 lawless
乔装打扮
qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn
  1. 1 to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit
单打独斗
dān dǎ dú dòu
  1. 1 to fight alone (idiom)
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán
  1. 1 Better broken jade than intact tile.
  2. 2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
宽打窄用
kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
  1. 1 to give oneself leeway (idiom)
  2. 2 to allow room for error

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