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打把勢

简打把势 · 繁打把勢

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ bǎ shi

drill (in sword play)
to thrash around
to demonstrate gymnastic skills
to solicit financial help (in an indirect way)
to show off

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
把: bǎ · hold, take; guard; regard as
勢: Look up this written character
势: shì · power, force; tendency

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3–3–5 · da3 ba3 shi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daa2 baa2 sai3

Cantonese word readings for 打把勢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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