打交道
dǎ jiāo dào
Pinyin

Definition

打交道
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dǎ jiāo dào
  1. to come into contact with
  2. to have dealings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
道
dào
  1. 1 road
  2. 2 path
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]
  4. 4 principle
  5. 5 truth
  6. 6 morality
  7. 7 reason
  8. 8 skill
  9. 9 method
  10. 10 Dao (of Daoism)
  11. 11 to say
  12. 12 to speak
  13. 13 to talk
  14. 14 classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  15. 15 (old) circuit (administrative division)
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
一道
yī dào
  1. 1 together
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
交
jiāo
  1. 1 to hand over
  2. 2 to deliver
  3. 3 to pay (money)
  4. 4 to turn over
  5. 5 to make friends
  6. 6 to intersect (lines)
  7. 7 variant of 跤[jiāo]
交代
jiāo dài
  1. 1 to hand over
  2. 2 to explain
  3. 3 to make clear
  4. 4 to brief (sb)
  5. 5 to account for
  6. 6 to justify oneself
  7. 7 to confess
  8. 8 (coll.) to finish
交加
jiāo jiā
  1. 1 to occur at the same time (of two things)
  2. 2 to be mingled
  3. 3 to accompany each other
交卷
jiāo juàn
  1. 1 to hand in one's examination script
交叉
jiāo chā
  1. 1 to cross
  2. 2 to intersect
  3. 3 to overlap
交友
jiāo yǒu
  1. 1 to make friends
交往
jiāo wǎng
  1. 1 to associate (with)
  2. 2 to have contact (with)
  3. 3 to hang out (with)
  4. 4 to date
  5. 5 (interpersonal) relationship
  6. 6 association
  7. 7 contact
交待
jiāo dài
  1. 1 variant of 交代[jiāo dài]
交换
jiāo huàn
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 to swap
  3. 3 to switch (telecom)
  4. 4 commutative (math)
  5. 5 to commute
交易
jiāo yì
  1. 1 (business) transaction
  2. 2 business deal
  3. 3 CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
交易所
jiāo yì suǒ
  1. 1 exchange
  2. 2 stock exchange

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
  1. 1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction

Sample Sentences

不如说，与人类相比，他也许更愿意和机器打交道，
bùrú shuō ，yǔ rénlèi xiāngbǐ ，tā yěxǔ gèng yuànyì hé jīqì dǎjiāodào ，
it's more appropriate to say that he would rather befriend his machines than his fellow humans.
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我妹妹是一个很内向的人，不太跟人打交道。
wǒ mèimei shì yī gè hěn nèixiàng de rén ，bùtài gēn rén dǎ jiāodào 。
My sister is quite an introvert. She doesn't really socialise with people.
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这点您放心。我们经常跟他们打交道，不会有问题的。
zhè diǎn nín fàngxīn 。wǒmen jīngcháng gēn tāmen dǎ jiāodào ，bùhuì yǒu wèntí de 。
You don't need to worry about that. We communicate with them often. It won't be an issue.
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啊哟，语言问题呀！跟外国人打交道，比手划脚，吃力死了！没想到你的中文比我还好！
āyō ，yǔyán wèntí yā ！gēn wàiguórén dǎ jiāodào ，bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo ，chīlì sǐ le ！méixiǎngdào nǐ de Zhōngwén bǐ wǒ hái hǎo ！
Oh, the language problem! Dealing with foreigners and having to use gestures to communicate is so exhausting. I'd never have thought your Chinese would be better than mine!
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