打拼

dǎpīn

verb

Meanings

1 to work hard to get ahead
2 to strive to make a living

Characters

to do; to engage in

Examples

HSK 4

父母在外打拼，孩子和爷爷奶奶一起生活。

Fùmǔ zài wài dǎpīn, háizi hé yéye nǎinai yìqǐ shēnghuó.

The parents work far from home, and the child lives with the grandparents.

HSK 5

他独自在上海打拼。

Tā dúzì zài Shànghǎi dǎpīn.

He is working hard to make it in Shanghai on his own.

Tips

usage

打拼 carries the picture of leaving home for a big city and working long hours to build a life there: 在外打拼, 为事业打拼. It spread into Mandarin from Hokkien speech in Taiwan and Fujian.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

拼 pīn