痛打 (tòng dá) — to beat soundly, to thrash; (figurative) to att…

Definition

Literally 'painfully hit': a vivid, emphatic verb meaning to beat or attack with force, used literally and figuratively (e.g., a harsh critique).

verb

to beat soundlyto thrash(figurative) to attack harshly

痛打。
Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng bèi duì shǒu tòng dá le yí dùn.
He was severely beaten by his opponent in the match.
痛打。
Zhè piān wén zhāng tòng dá le shè huì shàng de bù liáng xiàn xiàng.
This article fiercely attacks unhealthy social phenomena.
痛打。
Tā yīn wèi tōu dōng xi bèi fù qīn tòng dá le yì chǎng.
He was given a sound beating by his father because he stole something.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

痛 gives the sense of severely or painfully, while 打 is to hit, so the meaning is to beat hard.

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.

疒甬痛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèillness

Sound part声符shēngfú

甬

甬yǒng痛tòng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The 疒 part means illness, and 甬 gives the sound; together they form 痛, meaning pain or hurt.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌丁打

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

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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