各打五十大板
gè​dǎ​wǔ​shí​dà​bǎn

to blame both parties

  • created sense approved 各打五十大板 · gè​dǎ​wǔ​shí​dà​bǎn · to blame both parties — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    各打五十大板

    gè​dǎ​wǔ​shí​dà​bǎn

    to blame both parties

    lit. to give each person fifty strokes of a paddle; used to describe punishing both sides of a dispute equally, regardless of who is actually at fault or the rights and wrongs of the situation

    各 (literal) → 各 · gè · each 打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 五十 (literal) → 五十 · wǔ​shí · fifty 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 板 (literal) → 板 · bǎn · measure word

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