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打槍

简打枪 · 繁打槍

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ qiāng

to fire a gun
to substitute for sb in sitting an examination

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
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枪: qiāng · spear, lance; gun, rifle

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3–1 · da3 qiang1

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daa2 coeng1

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verb

to fire a gun
(Mainland China, figurative) to substitute for someone in sitting an examination
(Taiwan, figurative) to refuse; to turn down; to reject
(figurative, slang, vulgar) to jerk off; to masturbate

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