放對

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right
trad. (放對)		放	對
simp. (放对)		放	对

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngduì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngduì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngduèi
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-tui⁴
    • Yale: fàng-dwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqduey
    • Palladius: фандуй (fanduj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

放對

1. to fight; to be rivals (in a wushu contest)

   • 誰人不知，兩個拳師放對，聰明的拳師往往退讓一步。 [MSC, trad.]
     谁人不知，两个拳师放对，聪明的拳师往往退让一步。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shéirén bù zhī, liǎng gè quánshī fàngduì, cōngmíng de quánshī wǎngwǎng tuìràng yī bù. [Pinyin]

     We all know that when two boxers fight, the clever boxer usually gives a little ground at first.

2. to oppose; to set oneself against

Synonyms

• (to oppose): 作對／作对 (zuòduì)