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毆打

简殴打 · 繁毆打

Mandarin · pinyin ōu dǎ

to beat up
to come to blows
battery (law)

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
殴: ōu · beat, fight with fists, hit

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1–3 · ou1 da3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

au2 daa2

Cantonese word readings for 毆打. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to hit (someone); to beat (someone); to assault (someone)

noun

(law) assault
(law) battery

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