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拳打腳踢

简拳打脚踢 · 繁拳打腳踢

Mandarin · pinyin quán dǎ jiǎo tī

lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up
fig. determined to sort out a problem

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拳: quán · fist; various forms of boxing
打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
腳: jiǎo · foot; base, leg, foundation
踢: tī · kick
脚: jiǎo · leg, foot; base, leg, foundation

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2–3–3–1 · quan2 da3 jiao3 ti1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kyun4 daa2 goek3 tek3

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(idiomatic) to punch and kick; to brutally assault

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