打虎拍蠅
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Chinese
beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
tiger | to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture) |
fly; musca | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (打虎拍蠅) | 打 | 虎 | 拍 | 蠅 | |
| simp. (打虎拍蝇) | 打 | 虎 | 拍 | 蝇 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄆㄞ ㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎhǔpaiyíng
- Wade–Giles: ta3-hu3-pʻai1-ying2
- Yale: dǎ-hǔ-pāi-yíng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daahuupaiyng
- Palladius: дахупайин (daxupajin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
打虎拍蠅
- (neologism, officialese) to crack down on both “tigers” and “flies” ― corrupt government officials at both higher and lower levels
Descendants
- → Vietnamese: đả hổ diệt ruồi, đả hổ đập ruồi (calque) (calque)