拳打脚踢 (quán dǎ jiǎo tī) — to punch and kick; to beat up violently

Definition

Examples

• 那个小偷被路人拳打脚踢了一顿，然后交给了警察。
  Nà ge xiǎo tōu bèi lù rén quán dǎ jiǎo tī le yí dùn, rán hòu jiāo gěi le jǐng chá.
  That thief was beaten up by passersby and then handed over to the police.
• 电影里的打斗场面很真实，两个人互相拳打脚踢，看起来很疼。
  Diàn yǐng lǐ de dǎ dòu chǎng miàn hěn zhēn shí, liǎng gè rén hù xiāng quán dǎ jiǎo tī, kàn qǐ lái hěn téng.
  The fight scenes in the movie are very realistic — the two people are punching and kicking each other, and it looks painful.
• 他在街上被人拳打脚踢，幸好有路人及时制止。
  Tā zài jiē shàng bèi rén quán dǎ jiǎo tī, xìng hǎo yǒu lù rén jí shí zhì zhǐ.
  He was being beaten up on the street, but fortunately some passersby stopped it in time.