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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
打手 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
打手 ＝ 打 ＋ 手
ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ · dǎshǒu
noun — a hired thug, a strong-arm man, an enforcer

字源 FORM — what the parts do

打to hit (打人)dǎ
手a hand, a worker (人手)shǒu
打手，打人的打，手腳的手。
關 · Related
保鏢bǎobiāothe muscle hired to protect rather than attack高手gāoshǒuthe same 手 for a person — but skilled, not brutal