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打住

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ zhù

to stop
to halt

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
住: zhù · reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop

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3–4 · da3 zhu4

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intj

stop!; halt!
shut up; hold it right there

verb

to come to a halt

verb

(Xiang) to stay the night

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