挨打

áidǎ

verb HSK 6 #10,292

Meanings

1 to take a beating; to get hit
2 to be beaten up

Characters

to endure; to suffer

to hit; to beat; to strike

To endure being hit — to take a beating (the recipient's perspective).

Examples

他小时候经常挨打。

Tā xiǎoshíhòu jīngcháng ái dǎ.

He was often beaten as a child.

落后就要挨打。

Luòhòu jiù yào ái dǎ.

If you fall behind, you'll get beaten. (A nation that is weak will be bullied.)

谁也不想挨打。

Shéi yě bù xiǎng ái dǎ.

Nobody wants to get beaten.

Tips

usage

Note the pronunciation: ái (2nd tone), not āi (1st tone). Other ái compounds: 挨骂 (get scolded), 挨饿 (go hungry), 挨冻 (suffer from cold). All describe enduring something unpleasant.

culture

落后就要挨打 is a famous political saying in China, meaning 'backwardness leads to being bullied.' It reflects the national memory of being weakened and invaded in the 19th-20th centuries.

Stroke Order

挨 āi

打 dǎ