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打落水狗
Mandarin · pinyin dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu
Meanings
- lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)
- fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy
- to hit sb when he's down
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3–4–3–3 · da3 luo4 shui3 gou3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daa2 lok6 seoi2 gau2
Cantonese word readings for 打落水狗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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daa2 lok6 seoi2 gau2
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to hit an enemy when he is down or defeated
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