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打枪 (dǎ qiāng) — (verb) to fire a gun; to shoot; (internet slang) to have a post, comment, or user removed or blocked

Definition

Literally 'to fire a gun / shoot', also internet slang for having your post or comment deleted by a moderator. As a verb-object phrase, it can be split (打了一枪).

verb
to fire a gunto shoot(internet slang) to have a postcommentor user removed or blocked

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā dǎ le yì qiāng, dàn méi dǎ zhòng mù biāo.
    He fired a shot but didn't hit the target.
  • 打枪。
    Tā zài dǎ qiāng de shí hou fēi cháng zhuān zhù.
    He was very focused when shooting.
  • 打枪，。
    Wǒ de liú yán bèi dǎ qiāng le, kě néng shuō cuò le shén me.
    My comment was removed; I probably said something wrong.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

打dǎshoot
枪qiānggun

“打” means to shoot or fire, and “枪” means gun, denoting firing a gun.

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 →

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 槍; 枪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
倉
倉cāng槍qiāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 槍 pairs 木 (wood) with 倉 as a sound part; the simplified 枪 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical component.

Open 枪 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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