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大打出手

dà dǎ chū shǒu

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 大打出手

see 大夫[dài fu]

to beat

to dispose of

hand

to go out

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

dozen (loanword)

big; large; great