打狗欺主
dǎ gǒu qī zhǔ
Pinyin

Definition

打狗欺主
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dǎ gǒu qī zhǔ
  1. to beat a dog and bully its owner
  2. fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate

Related Words (20)

zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary
zhǔ jué
  1. 1 leading role
  2. 2 lead
zhǔ tí
  1. 1 theme
  2. 2 subject
gōng zhǔ
  1. 1 princess
dì zhǔ
  1. 1 landlord
  2. 2 landowner
  3. 3 host

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
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
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
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)