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挨打 (ái dǎ) — to be beaten, to take a beating (physically or figuratively)

Definition

挨打 (ái dǎ) means 'to take a beating' — literally 'endure + hit' — and covers both physical hits and figurative attacks like harsh criticism.

verb
to be beatento take a beating (physically or figuratively)

Examples

  • ，挨打。
    Tā xiǎo shí hou bù tīng huà, jīng cháng ái dǎ.
    He didn't obey as a child and often got beaten.
  • ，。
    Tā āi le yí dùn dǎ, liǎn shàng hái yǒu shāng.
    He took a beating and still has bruises on his face.
  • 挨打，。
    Nà ge tí àn zài huì shàng ái dǎ le, bèi pī píng dé hěn lì hài.
    That proposal came under attack at the meeting and was harshly criticized.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

挨āisuffer
打dǎbeat

挨 means to suffer, and 打 is the beating endured.

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shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
矣
矣yǐ挨āi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

挨 pairs 扌, the hand form 手, with 矣, which gives 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
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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