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大打出手 (daai6 daa2 ceot1 sau2) — come to blows; get into a fist fight; attack brutally in Cantonese

daaiˍ₆大daaˊ²打ceotˉ¹出sauˊ²手
Mandarin Pinyin: da4 da3 chu1 shou3

Meaning of 大打出手

nouncome to blows; get into a fist fight; attack brutally
nounto fight because of an argument/ dispute

Characters in 大打出手

大daai6
a Chinese family name
打daa2
dozen
出ceot1
go out; come out
手sau2
handy, portable; handwritten

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