Definition
打群架 is a verb-object compound (离合词) meaning 'to fight in a group' or 'to engage in a gang fight'. As a separable verb, 打 can be separated from 群架 by aspect markers or measure words — for example, you can say 打了一次群架 ('had a group fight once') or 打过几次群架 ('have had a few gang fights'). The object 群架 stays at the end while 打 takes the verb inflection.
v.o.
to fight in a groupto engage in a gang fight
Examples
- 。Tāmen zuótiān dǎ le yí cì qún jià.They had a gang fight yesterday.
- 打群架。Zhèxiē niánqīng rén jīngcháng dá.These young people often engage in gang fights.
- 打群架。Tā yīnwèi dá bèi jǐngchá zhuā zǒu le.He was arrested by the police for engaging in a gang fight.
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