打擂台

1. • to fight on the leitai

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2. • to enter a contest

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Character by character

• 打(dǎ)a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings
• 擂(lèi)platform for a martial art contest
• 台(tái)Taiwan