各打五十大板

gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn

Dictionary entry

lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)

What does 各打五十大板 mean?

各打五十大板 (gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)

2fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike

3to put the blame on both parties

Character breakdown

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各gèeach · every 打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]五wǔfive · 5 十shíten · 10 大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)板bǎnboard · plank

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