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Mandarin · pinyin dǎ kǒu

(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate

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3–3 · da3 kou3

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verb

to cut the corner, punch a hole, or add a notch to the spine of the jacket of unsold records to make them into cut-outs

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