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Chinese
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baozi with meat filling
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beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
dog
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simp. and trad.
(肉包子打狗)
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肉包子
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打
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狗
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| Literally: “to hit a dog with a meat bun”.
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Etymology
A xiehouyu. The second part is 有去無回／有去无回 (yǒuqùwúhuí). When one throws a meat bun to a dog, it will always eat it, and the person can never get the bun back.
Pronunciation
Idiom
肉包子打狗
- (figurative) never return
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