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打家劫舍

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ jiā jié shè

to break into a house for robbery (idiom)

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
家: jiā · house, home, residence; family
劫: jié · take by force, coerce; disaster
舍: shě · shè · house, dwelling; dwell, reside

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3–1–2–4 · da3 jia1 jie2 she4

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daa2 gaa1 gip3 se3

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(idiomatic) to loot; to plunder

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