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])

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Child Words of 大打出手

• 出 出 chū: to go out
• 出手 出手 chū shǒu: to dispose of
• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 手 手 shǒu: hand
• 打 打 dá: dozen (loanword)
• 打 打 dǎ: to beat
• 打出手 打出手 dǎ chū shǒu: to fling back weapons hurled at one by attackers (acrobatic performance in Chinese opera)