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按着揍

English translation: pin down and beat

18:59 Sep 14, 2009
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Chinese term or phrase: 按着揍
Context: 不过我看完第二节出去饭局，感觉当时已经基本扭转形势按着揍了，翻盘早晚的事。

I've googled the term and from the numerous example I get the sense that it means "to beat". However, I still don't have a full enough grasp for a precise translation.

Thanks in advance for any help.
Michael Perkins
Local time: 21:44
English translation:pin down and beat
Explanation:
This phrase is a very colloquial expression most commonly found in northern dialects. It literally means "to pin down your opponent and beat him". In here I think it looks like a basketball match where the opponent team has already been overwhelmed. So the speaker here has the surety of the outcome and just just goes out and eat.
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Fang Sheng
Canada
Local time: 21:44
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4 +3pin down and beat
Fang Sheng
3one-sided
Jiantao Lu


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pin down and beat


Explanation:
This phrase is a very colloquial expression most commonly found in northern dialects. It literally means "to pin down your opponent and beat him". In here I think it looks like a basketball match where the opponent team has already been overwhelmed. So the speaker here has the surety of the outcome and just just goes out and eat.

Fang Sheng
Canada
Local time: 21:44
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aaron Gilkison (X): we might also say something like "it was already over" or something along those lines...
13 mins
  -> Thanks, Aaron!
agree  ILT
30 days
agree  kharinal
63 days
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
one-sided


Explanation:
I agree with the explanation above, and provide another option here. Say "the game has basically turned one-sided".

Jiantao Lu
China
Local time: 09:44
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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