yíng tóu dǎ jīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to hit head on
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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:

迎頭打擊 迎头打击 [ying2 tou2 da3 ji1] /to hit head on/

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Other forms in these source records: 迎頭打擊

  • 迎
    yíng

    to welcome / to meet / to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties) / to meet face to face

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 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

  • 击
    jī

    to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [jí]

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