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打架

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ jià

to fight
to scuffle
to come to blows
Classifier: 場 cháng

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
架: jià · rack, stand, prop; prop up

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3–4 · da3 jia4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daa2 gaa3

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verb

(verb-object) to come to blows; to fight; to scuffle
(dialectal) to quarrel; to argue; to have a row

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