Results for “打”

to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc) / to photograph birds

(of a rooster) to crow

to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime

to put sb on an intravenous drip

to beg for (vegetarian) food

to 3D print / 3D printing

3D printer

dozen

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

(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot / to achieve success at one's first try

three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child

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

spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

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

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

unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind

to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress

principal / main / flagship (product) / title (track) / to specialize in / to take as one's priority / to primarily focus on

flagship brand

(music) lead single / the main song promoted from an album

to take advantage of sb's misfortune / to loot

rammed earth / adobe house

all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action

to masturbate (slang)

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 / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

home run (baseball)

(coll.) unrelated / lacking any connection

walk-off home run

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

to run everything (idiom) / to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in

half a dozen

lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties

to hang sb up and beat him / (fig.) (slang) to own (one's opponent) / to thoroughly dominate

see 和尚打傘，無法無天|和尚打伞，无法无天[hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān]

lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ]) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless

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

to fight alone (idiom)

torture / interrogation by torture

to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures