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各打五十大板
Mandarin · pinyin gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn
Meanings
- lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)
- fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike
- to put the blame on both parties
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4–3–3–2–4–3 · ge4 da3 wu3 shi2 da4 ban3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gok3 daa2 ng5 sap6 daai6 baan2
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- (figurative) to blame, criticize or punish both sides indiscriminately without determining who is right and who is wrong
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