打 把 势

dǎ bǎ shidictionary entry

drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

打把勢 打把势 [da3 ba3 shi5] /drill (in sword play)/to thrash around/to demonstrate gymnastic skills/to solicit financial help (in an indirect way)/to show off/

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Other forms in these source records: 打把勢

打
dá
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [dǎ]
dǎ
to hit / to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[dǎ sǎn] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[dǎ diàn huà] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[dǎ zhēn] "to get an injection" / (coll.) from / since
把
bǎ
to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[bǎ] + {noun} + {verb})
bà
handle
势
shì
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.