打 交 道

dǎ jiāodao

“To come into contact with” in Chinese is 打交道 (dǎ jiāodao).

Meaning

to come into contact with
to have dealings

Example

他们俩工作上联系多，经常打交道。

Those two communicate a lot with each other at work, often rubbing shoulders.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

dǎHSK 15 strokes(loanword) dozen jiāoHSK 26 strokesto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over dàoHSK 112 strokesroad; path

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