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打抱不平

dǎ bào bù píng

4-character word

What 打抱不平 means

1. idiomto aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice

The characters in 打抱不平

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level

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