打狗还得看主人

Traditional: 打狗還得看主人

dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén

Dictionary entry

lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)

What does 打狗还得看主人 mean?

打狗还得看主人 (dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)

2fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

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打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]狗gǒudog · CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]还Huánsurname Huan 得déto obtain · to get 看kānto look after · to take care of 主zhǔowner · master 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

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打狗还得看主人

dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén

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