Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「打狗看主」 today for free with this guide.
Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「打狗看主」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
Dogs have owners. Whether to beat them or not depends on whether you show mercy to their owners. It is a metaphor that when dealing with bad people, one should take their backers’ feelings into consideration.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǎ gǒu kàn zhǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
da2 gau2 hon1/hon3 jyu2
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
