dǎ​luò​shuǐ​gǒu

to beat a drowning dog

  • created reference approved 打落水狗 → 落井下石 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打落水狗 dǎ​luò​shuǐ​gǒu

    落井下石 luò​jǐng​xià​shí

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 打落水狗 · dǎ​luò​shuǐ​gǒu · to beat a drowning dog — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打落水狗

    dǎ​luò​shuǐ​gǒu

    to beat a drowning dog

    (idiom) to hit someone who is already down; to crush a defeated or defenseless enemy without mercy

    打, 落水狗

    打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 落水狗 (literal) → 落水狗 · luò​shuǐ​gǒu · a bad person who has fallen from power

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

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