Read Edit View history 打蛇打七寸 dǎshédǎqīcùn hit the target where it hurts Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 打蛇打七寸 dǎshédǎqīcùn hit the target where it hurts literally "to strike a snake at its seventh inch," which refers to the location of its heart; used to describe hitting someone's weak point or handling a problem by addressing its most critical part Edit Delete References Add reference variant 打蛇打七寸/打蛇打七寸 → 打蛇打到七寸子/打蛇打到七寸子 Edit Delete
打蛇打七寸 dǎshédǎqīcùn hit the target where it hurts literally "to strike a snake at its seventh inch," which refers to the location of its heart; used to describe hitting someone's weak point or handling a problem by addressing its most critical part Edit Delete