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dā 答 V same as 答 dá
dāying 答应 [comp: 答 reply + 应 respond] V 1 answer, reply ■ 我按了半天门铃，也没人答 应。Wǒ
ànle bàntiān ménlíng, yē méi rén dāying. I pressed the doorbell for a long time, but nobody
answered. 2 promise ■ 爸爸答应给他买一个新手 机。Bàba dāying gěi tā mǎi yì ge xīn shǒujī.
His father has promised to buy him a new cell phone.
dā 搭 V put up, build
dādàng 搭档 V & N work together, co-operate; workmate, partner
dāpèi 搭配 V & N arrange in pairs or groups; pairing, (word) collocation
dá 达 TRAD 達 V reach, attain
dáchéng 达成 V reach (an agreement, an understanding, a business deal, etc.)
dádào 达到 [comp: 达 reach + 到 reach] V reach, achieve ■ 需要学几年才能达到一级汉语水 平？
Xūyào xué jǐ nián cái néng dádào yī jí Hànyǔ shuǐpíng? How many years do I have to study to
reach Level A of the Chinese proficiency standard? ■ 不能为了达到目的，而不择手段。Bù néng
wèile dádào mùdì, ér bù zé shǒuduàn. One shouldn’t stop at nothing in order to achieve one’s aim.
(→ The end doesn’t always justify the means.)
dá 答 V answer, reply ■ 这个问题我不会答。Zhège wèntí wǒ bú huì dá. I can’t answer this question.
dá’àn 答案 [modif: 答 answer + 案 file] N answer (to a list of questions) ■ 测验以后，老师发给学 生
标准答案。Cèyàn yǐhòu, lǎoshī fā gěi xuésheng biāozhǔn dá’àn. After the test, the teacher
distributed standard answers among students. ■ 关于 这个问题，还是没有答案。Guānyú zhège
wèntí, háishì méiyǒu dá’àn. There is still no answer to this question.
dábiàn 答辩 [comp: 答 reply + 辩 argue] V speak in self-defense 论文答辩 lùnwén dábiàn (postgraduate
students’) oral examination in defense of a thesis
dáfù 答复 V & N (formally) reply
dǎ 打 V 1 strike, hit ■ 不能打人。Bù néng dǎ rén. You can’t hit people. 2 play (certain ball games) 打篮
球 dǎ lánqiú play basketball 3 send, dispatch 打电话 dǎ diànhuà make a telephone call

NOTE:   While   its basic   meaning is strike, hit, dǎ 打 forms  many    semi-idioms with    the words   following   it,

and has multiple    meanings    in  everyday    Chinese.

dǎban 打扮 V dress up, make up ■ 新娘打扮得 很漂亮。Xīnniáng dǎban de hěn piàoliang. The bride
was beautifully dressed. ■ 她每天要花很多 时间打扮。Tā měi tiān yào huā hěn duō shíjiān
dǎban. Every day she spends lots of time putting on make-up.
dǎbāo 打包 V pack up
dǎchà 打岔 V interrupt (somebody’s talk), cut in
dǎ chē 打车 V call a taxi ■ 时间很紧了，我们得 打车。Shíjiān hěn jǐn le, wǒmen děi dǎ chē. We
don’t have much time now; we’ve got to call a taxi.
dǎdǎo 打倒 [v+compl: 打 strike + 倒 down] V strike down, overthrow, down with ...
dǎ dī 打的 V same as 打车 dǎ chē
dǎgōng 打工 V work (especially as a manual laborer) ■ 我希望在暑假里有机会打工，付明年的 学
费。Wǒ xīwàng zài shǔjià lǐ yǒu jīhuì dǎgōng, fù míngnián de xuéfèi. I hope I’ll have an
opportunity to work in the summer vacation to pay for my tuition fee next year.
dǎ guānsi 打官司 V go to court, take ... to court
dǎjí 打击 [comp: 打 strike + 击 strike] V strike a blow against (a crime, a bad tendency, etc.), deal with
and punish severely 打击盗版 dǎjí dàobǎn attack the crime of piracy (of intellectual products)
dǎjià 打架 V fight (between people), come to blows
dǎ jiāodao 打交道 V to have dealings with, negotiate with 和各式各样的人打交道 hé gèshìgèyàng de rén
dǎjiāodào deal with all kinds of people