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打交道

dǎ jiāo dào

HSK 5 3-character word

What 打交道 means

1. to come into contact with
2. to have dealings

The characters in 打交道

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…

Example sentences

• 别和这个人打交道。
  Bié hé zhège rén dǎjiāodào.
  Don't get involved with that guy.