打臉

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	face
trad. (打臉)		打	臉
simp. (打脸)		打	脸

Etymology

Perhaps originated from other expressions with similar literal meanings, like 一記響亮的耳光.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎliǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² lim⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎliǎn [Phonetic: dáliǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎliǎn
  - Wade–Giles: ta³-lien³
  - Yale: dǎ-lyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daalean
  - Palladius: далянь (daljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² lim⁵
  - Yale: dá líhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² lim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² lim⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ liːm¹³/

Verb

打臉

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 打,‎ 臉 / 脸. to slap right in the face
(neologism, transitive) to prove (a person or their opinion or prediction) wrong