打沙包

dǎshābāo
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 to play beanbag dodgeball (a traditional children's game)
  2. 2 to hit the punching bag

Examples

Xiǎoshíhou xiàkè wǒmen zuì ài dǎshābāo.
When we were little, our favorite thing to do after class was play beanbag dodgeball.
Tā měi tiān qù jiànshēnfáng dǎshābāo duànliàn.
He goes to the gym every day to train on the punching bag.

Tips

culture
The playground version: two throwers at each end of a rectangle throw a cloth beanbag (沙包, filled with sand or rice) at runners in the middle. Get hit, you're out. A ubiquitous 1980s–2000s schoolyard game, now nostalgic childhood shorthand.

Stroke Order

shā
bāo