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打消 (dǎ xiāo) — to dispel (doubts, misgivings, fears); to give up on (an idea, plan, intention)

Definition

打消 means to actively make a doubt, fear, or plan disappear — stronger than simply 顾虑 'to worry' (a state) or 疑虑 'to hesitate' (a state). It pairs with an object: 打消疑虑/念头/计划.

verb
to dispel (doubts, misgivings, fears)to give up on (an idea, plan, intention)

Examples

  • 打消。
    Tā de yì fān huà chè dǐ dǎ xiāo le wǒ de yí lǜ.
    His words completely dispelled my doubts.
  • ，打消。
    Jīng guò tǎo lùn, wǒ men dǎ xiāo le nà ge mào xiǎn de jì huà.
    After discussion, we gave up on that risky plan.
  • 打消。
    Nǐ yīng gāi dǎ xiāo zhè zhǒng bú qiè shí jì de xiǎng fǎ.
    You should give up on this unrealistic idea.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

打dǎdo/act
消xiāodisappear/eliminate

“打” gives the sense of doing something, and “消” gives the sense of disappearing or being eliminated.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
肖
肖xiào消xiāo
Same sound today

消 has 氵 (water) beside 肖. The water part connects to putting out or making something vanish, and 肖 gives the sound.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Thinking & Cognition

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