Chinese

打折

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
to give a discount; to give a concession
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese打 “to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat”
    • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
    • soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”
  • characterChinese折 “to break off; to snap; to pluck off”
    • ideaChinese𣏄 “a tree <i class="Hani mention" lang="zh">木</i> cut in half”
    • ideaChinese斤 “catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms”

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