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dǎ
yóu


guerrilla (Having no fixed base)


jiě
shì

xiàng
dǎ
yóu

zhàn
shì
de
méi
yǒu
gè
gù
dìng
de
dè
fāng


Explanation: This is what we call those people who have no permanent place and operate like a guerrilla.








wǒ
men
yìng
gāi
zū

gè
xiàng
yàng
ér
diǎn
de
gōng
yù

zhè
me
dà

gè
gōng

méi
yǒu
gè
xiàng
yàng
diǎn
de
bàn
gōng
dè
diǎn

dào
chǔ
dǎ
yóu

yě
tài
bù
xiàng
huà
le


Ex.: We should rent a decent room. It's just improper for such a big company to operate like a guerrilla with no permanent office.

dǎ
yuán
chǎng

Smooth things over


jiě
shì

tiáo
jiě
jīu
fēn

huǎn
hé
máo
dùn


Explanation: Meaning to mediate a dispute or appease a conflict.








lǎo
máo
zhè
gè
rén
jìu
shì
tài


shuō
huà
lǎo
dé
zuì
rén

rú
guǒ
bù
shì
tā
fū
rén
dǎ
yuán
chǎng

tā
kě
zhēn
bù
zhī
dào
zěn
me
bàn
le


Ex.: Lao Mao has an irascible temperament and offends people easily. If his wife weren’t there to smooth things over, he would be totally lost about what to do.

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