打臉

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	face
trad. (打臉)		打	臉
simp. (打脸)		打	脸

Etymology

Perhaps originated from other expressions with similar literal meanings, like 一記響亮的耳光.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎliǎn [Phonetic: dáliǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-lien³
    • Yale: dǎ-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daalean
    • Palladius: далянь (daljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² lim⁵
    • Yale: dá líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ liːm¹³/

Verb

打臉

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 打,‎ 臉／脸. to slap right in the face
2. (neologism, transitive) to prove (a person or their opinion or prediction) wrong