关门打狗
guān​mén​dǎ​gǒu

to trap and destroy the enemy

  • created sense approved 关门打狗/關門打狗 · guān​mén​dǎ​gǒu · to trap and destroy the enemy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    关门打狗 / 關門打狗

    guān​mén​dǎ​gǒu

    to trap and destroy the enemy

    lit. shut the door and beat the dog; to seal off the enemy's escape route before launching an attack to wipe them out

    关 (literal) → 关/關 · guān · to close 门 (literal) → 门/門 · mén · door 打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · dog

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense