dǎ qíng mà qiàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to banter flirtatiously (idiom)
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Original source entry:

打情罵俏 打情骂俏 [da3 qing2 ma4 qiao4] /to banter flirtatiously (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 打情罵俏

  • 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

  • 情
    qíng

    (bound form) feelings / emotion / sentiment / passion / (bound form) situation / condition

  • 骂
    mà

    to scold / to abuse / to curse / CL:通[tòng],頓|顿[dùn]

  • 俏
    qiào

    good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food)

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