| 打消 |
dǎ xiāo |
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc) / to give up on |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection" / (coll.) from; since |
| 消 |
xiāo |
to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take |