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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「大打出手」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Fighting: a martial arts technique in opera, in which the main character in a play fights with multiple opponents, resulting in various fighting scenes. A metaphor for beating or fighting.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dà dǎ chū shǒu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

daai6 da2 cheut1 sau2

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