打入 (dǎ rù) — to infiltrate (an organization, group, etc.); to throw into (e.g., prison, a hole)

Definition

打入 is a verb-construction object (动宾式) verb meaning to penetrate, infiltrate, or drive something into a place — like cracking into a group or knocking a ball into a hole. It pairs naturally with 把…打入 and passive 被…打入.

verb
to infiltrate (an organization, group, etc.)to throw into (e.g., prison, a hole)

Examples

  • 打入。
    Tā chéng gōng dǎ rù le dí rén nèi bù.
    He successfully infiltrated the enemy's interior.
  • 打入。
    Zuì fàn bèi dǎ rù jiān yù.
    The criminal was thrown into prison.
  • 打入。
    Gāo ěr fū qiú shǒu bǎ qiú dǎ rù le dòng zhōng.
    The golfer knocked the ball into the hole.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

打dǎhit or throw
入rùinto

“打” (hit or throw) plus “入” (into) gives to send or force into something.

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.

Open 打 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →

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