打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn 克 剋 kēi to scold / to beat syn 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside syn 打败 打敗 dǎ bài to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated syn 走路 zǒu lù to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out syn 击败 擊敗 jī bài to defeat / to beat syn 节奏 節奏 jié zòu rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat syn 滚蛋 滾蛋 gǔn dàn get out of here! / beat it! syn 反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn 走人 zǒu rén (coll.) to leave / to beat it syn 殴打 毆打 ōu dǎ to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law) syn 配乐 配樂 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music 击打 擊打 jī dǎ to beat / to lash 转圈 轉圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush syn 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture syn 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush syn 敲打 qiāo dǎ to beat sb / to beat (a drum) syn 口技 kǒu jì beat boxing / vocal mimicry / ventriloquism 痛打 tòng dǎ to beat sb soundly syn 拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush syn 击退 擊退 jī tuì to beat back / to repel syn 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others 鼓动 鼓動 gǔ dòng to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral) / to encourage / to agitate / to instigate / to incite / to beat / to flap (wings, a fan etc) syn 打鼓 dǎ gǔ to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous syn 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush syn 伤脑筋 傷腦筋 shāng nǎo jīn to be a real headache / to find sth a real headache / to beat one's brains syn 毒打 dú dǎ to viciously beat (sb) up / CL:頓|顿[dun4] syn 搪塞 táng sè to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge syn 心心相印 xīn xīn xiāng yìn two hearts beat as one (idiom) / a kindred spirit syn 费尽心机 費盡心機 fèi jìn xīn jī to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) / to beat one's brains out syn 打退堂鼓 dá tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail syn 鼓点 鼓點 gǔ diǎn drum beat / rhythm 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 溜之大吉 liū zhī dà jí to steal away / to beat it syn 砍价 砍價 kǎn jià to bargain / to cut or beat down a price syn 拍板 pāi bǎn clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers syn 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 搏动 搏動 bó dòng to beat rhythmically / to throb / to pulsate 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat syn 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 拳打脚踢 拳打腳踢 quán dǎ jiǎo tī lit. to punch and kick (idiom) / to beat up / fig. determined to sort out a problem syn 棒槌 bàng chuí wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing) syn 杀价 殺價 shā jià to beat down the price / to haggle / to slash one's prices syn 一拍即合 yī pāi jí hé lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily syn 打散 dǎ sàn to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg) syn 打骂 打罵 dǎ mà to beat and scold 鼓噪 gǔ zào (in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor / to make a din / to kick up a fuss about syn 捶打 chuí dǎ to beat / to pound / to thump syn 拍击 拍擊 pāi jī to smack / to beat syn 轻取 輕取 qīng qǔ to beat easily / to gain an easy victory 捶胸顿足 捶胸頓足 chuí xiōng dùn zú (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc) syn 消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat 摔打 shuāi da to knock / to grasp sth in the hand and beat it / to toughen oneself up syn 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill / to beat to death 不敌 不敵 bù dí no match for / cannot beat 打压 打壓 dǎ yā to suppress / to beat down 暴打 bào dǎ to beat viciously 闪人 閃人 shǎn rén (coll.) to beat it / to take French leave 乱跳 亂跳 luàn tiào to jump about / (of the heart) to beat wildly 开锣 開鑼 kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance 围殴 圍毆 wéi ōu to gang up and beat 打退 dǎ tuì to beat back / to repel / to repulse 追打 zhuī dǎ to chase and beat 将计就计 將計就計 jiāng jì jiù jì to beat sb at their own game (idiom) 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail syn 敲锣 敲鑼 qiāo luó to beat a gong 捣烂 搗爛 dǎo làn to mash / to beat to a pulp 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 鸣金 鳴金 míng jīn to beat a gong / to sound the retreat 打落水狗 dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down syn 早搏 zǎo bó (medicine) premature beat / extrasystole 赢 贏 yíng to beat / to win / to profit syn 揍 zòu to hit / to beat (sb) / (coll.) to smash (sth) syn 胜 勝 shèng victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) syn 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 扁 biǎn flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of 匾[bian3] syn 搏 bó to fight / to combat / to seize / (of heart) to beat syn 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post syn 拷 kǎo to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4]) syn 捣 搗 dǎo to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir syn 殴 毆 ōu to beat up / to hit sb syn 擂 léi to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold syn 打拍子 dǎ pāi zi to beat time syn 绕弯子 繞彎子 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush syn 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 打开天窗说亮话 打開天窗說亮話 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà (let's) not mince words / (let's) not beat about the bush syn 鸣锣开道 鳴鑼開道 míng luó kāi dào to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth syn 挝 撾 zhuā ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of 抓[zhua1] / to strike / to beat syn 舂 chōng to pound (grain) / beat 音乐 音樂 yīn yuè music / CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4] syn 速度 sù dù speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 