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大打出手

dà dǎ chū shǒu
Uncommon

Definitions

  1. 1. to come to blows
  2. 2. to start a fight
  3. 3. (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手[dǎ chū shǒu])

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Child Words of 大打出手

出
chū

to go out

出手
chū shǒu

to dispose of

大
dà

big; large; great

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]

手
shǒu

hand

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat

打出手
dǎ chū shǒu

to fling back weapons hurled at one by attackers (acrobatic performance in Chinese opera)