打鸡血 |
dǎ jī xuè |
lit. to inject chicken blood / (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly) |
打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse 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", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
鸡 |
jī |
fowl / chicken / CL:只 / (slang) prostitute |
血 |
xiě |
see 血 |
血 |
xuè |
blood / colloquial pr. [xie3] / CL:滴,片 |