打坐坡

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ zuò pō

Meanings

  1. (of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward
  2. (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward; (fig.) to dig one's heels in
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打
dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
坐
zuò · sit; seat; ride, travel by
坡
pō · slope, bank, hillside
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3–4–1 · da3 zuo4 po1

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打坐坡 · da3 zuo4 po1
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Exact source record打坐坡 打坐坡 [da3 zuo4 po1] /(of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward/(of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward; (fig.) to dig one's heels in/