打狗还得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
Pinyin

Definition

打狗还得看主人
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dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
  1. lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
  2. fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

主题
zhǔ tí
  1. 1 theme
  2. 2 subject
人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
好看
hǎo kàn
  1. 1 good-looking
  2. 2 nice-looking
  3. 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. 4 embarrassed
  5. 5 humiliated
得
dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
得到
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
查看
chá kàn
  1. 1 to look over
  2. 2 to examine
  3. 3 to check up
  4. 4 to ferret out
获得
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
看
kān
  1. 1 to look after
  2. 2 to take care of
  3. 3 to watch
  4. 4 to guard
看看
kàn kan
  1. 1 to take a look at
  2. 2 to examine
  3. 3 to survey
  4. 4 (coll.) pretty soon
觉得
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
不得不
bù dé bù
  1. 1 have no choice or option but to
  2. 2 cannot but
  3. 3 have to
  4. 4 can't help it
  5. 5 can't avoid
不得了
bù dé liǎo
  1. 1 desperately serious
  2. 2 disastrous
  3. 3 extremely
  4. 4 exceedingly
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
  1. 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits

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