大打出手

dà dǎ chū shǒu

Dictionary entry

to come to blows

What does 大打出手 mean?

大打出手 (dà dǎ chū shǒu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to come to blows

2to start a fight

3(derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手[da3 chu1 shou3])

Character breakdown

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大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 手shǒuhand · (formal) to hold

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大打出手

dà dǎ chū shǒu

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