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打击 (dǎ jī) — to hit, to strike (physically); to crack down on, to fight against (crime, corruption, etc.); to discourage, to dampen (morale, enthusiasm, etc.)

Definition

打击 covers both a physical strike and the figurative sense 'to discourage or crack down on' (morale, crime). For a forceful physical impact use 撞击; for an emotional setback to a person use 挫折.

verb
to hitto strike (physically)to crack down onto fight against (crime, corruption, etc.)to discourageto dampen (morale, enthusiasm, etc.)

Examples

  • 打击。
    Jūn duì zhèng zài quán lì dǎ jī dí rén.
    The army is striking the enemy with full force.
  • 打击。
    Zhèng fǔ yán lì dǎ jī tān wū fǔ bài.
    The government cracks down severely on corruption.
  • 打击。
    Zhè cì shī bài méi yǒu dǎ jī tā de xìn xīn.
    This failure did not discourage his confidence.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

打dǎstrike or hit
击jīhit or strike

Both parts mean strike or hit; together they mean to attack or deliver a blow.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 擊; 击 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
毄
毄jī擊jī
Same sound today

The traditional form 擊 has 手 (hand) and 毄; 毄 gives the sound and also points to striking, while the simplified 击 is a later shorthand.

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