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一打

yī dá

1 dozen

一棍子打死

yī gùn zi dǎ sǐ

1 to deal a single fatal blow
2 (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error

一炮打响 | 一炮打響

yī pào dǎ xiǎng

1 to win instant success (idiom)
2 to start off successfully

一网打尽 | 一網打盡

yī wǎng dǎ jìn

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

sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

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

三天打鱼，两天晒网 | 三天打魚，兩天曬網

sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng

1 lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)
2 fig. not to persevere in doing sth
3 to do sth by fits and starts

不打不成器

bù dǎ bù chéng qì

1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

不打不成才

bù dǎ bù chéng cái

1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

不打不成相识 | 不打不成相識

bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí

1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship

不打不相识 | 不打不相識

bù dǎ bù xiāng shí

1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
2 no discord, no concord

不打紧 | 不打緊

bù dǎ jǐn

1 unimportant
2 not serious
3 it doesn't matter
4 never mind

不打自招

bù dǎ zì zhāo

1 to confess without being pressed
2 to make a confession without duress

严刑拷打 | 嚴刑拷打

yán xíng kǎo dǎ

1 torture
2 interrogation by torture

严厉打击 | 嚴厲打擊

yán lì dǎ jī

1 to strike a severe blow
2 to crack down
3 to take strong measures

严打 | 嚴打

yán dǎ

1 to crack down on
2 to take severe measures against

串行点阵打印机 | 串行點陣打印機

chuàn xíng diǎn zhèn dǎ yìn jī

1 serial dot matrix printer

主打品牌

zhǔ dǎ pǐn pái

1 premium brand
2 flagship product

乔装打扮 | 喬裝打扮

qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn

1 to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit

乘火打劫

chéng huǒ dǎ jié

1 to take advantage of sb's misfortune
2 to loot

五打一

wǔ dǎ yī

1 to masturbate (slang)

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