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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
打發 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
打發 ＝ 打 ＋ 發
ㄉㄚˇ ㄈㄚ · dǎfā
verb — to send someone off, to dispatch; to while away (time); to fob off

字源 FORM — what the parts do

打to do, to make (the all-purpose verb)dǎ
發to send out (發送)fā
打發，打人的打，發送的發。
意 · Meanings
(本義)把人支走、派出去— to send a person off, to dispatch常用
(引申)消磨時間— to pass or kill time常用
→敷衍、隨便打發掉— to fob off, to brush aside
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
消磨xiāomóto while time away — the time sense of 打發敷衍fūyǎnto brush someone off without care