打落水狗
dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu
Pinyin
Definition
打落水狗
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- lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)
- fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy
- to hit sb when he's down
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一炮打响
- 1 to win instant success (idiom)
- 2 to start off successfully
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一网打尽
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
一落千丈
- 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 3 to take a dive