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單打獨鬥
简 单打独斗 · 繁 單打獨鬥Mandarin · pinyin dān dǎ dú dòu
Meanings
- to fight alone (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 單
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- 打
- dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
- 獨
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- 鬥
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- 单
- dān · single, individual, only; lone
- 独
- dú · alone, single, solitary, only
- 斗
- dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
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Mandarin tones
1–3–2–4 · dan1 da3 du2 dou4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daan1 daa2 duk6 dau3
Cantonese word readings for 單打獨鬥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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daan1 daa2 duk6 dau3
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to fight alone
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