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打成 (dǎ chéng) — to beat/forge/smash into a shape; to end in a tie/draw (in competition)

Definition

打成 is a resultative verb: 'beat/smash [something] into [a state]' using the structure 把 X 打成 Y (e.g. 把铁打成一把剑, 把木头打成碎片). It also means ending a game in a draw (打成平局).

verb
to beat/forge/smash into a shapeto end in a tie/draw (in competition)

Examples

  • 打成。
    Tā bǎ tiě kuài dǎ chéng chéng le yì bǎ jiàn.
    He forged the iron block into a sword.
  • 打成。
    Liǎng duì zuì zhōng dǎ chéng le píng jú.
    The two teams eventually ended in a draw.
  • 打成。
    Tā men bǎ mù tou dǎ chéng le suì piàn.
    They smashed the wood into pieces.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng打dǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
戊戊wù
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng成chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

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