dǎ lèi tái

Traditional: 打擂臺

打擂台 (dǎ lèi tái) is a Chinese word meaning “(old) to fight on the leitai; (fig.) to enter a contest”.

Meanings

  1. 1(old) to fight on the leitai
  2. 2(fig.) to enter a contest

Characters in 打擂台

打dá · (loanword) dozen擂léi · to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)台tāi · used in place names

Related words

打(loanword) dozen打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. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")打电话to make a telephone call打算to plan打开to open台used in place names台(classical) you (in letters)台desk; table; counter台platform台typhoon台Taiwan (abbr.)台Taiwan (abbr.)

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