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打太極

简打太极 · 繁打太極

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ tài jí

to practice tai chi
(fig.) to avoid responsibility
to pass the buck

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
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极: jí · extreme, utmost, furthest, final

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3–4–2 · da3 tai4 ji2

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(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 打太極拳／打太极拳 (dǎ tàijíquán, “to practise tai chi”)

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