關門打狗

Chinese

		to close the door; to close for business; to close down	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	dog
trad. (關門打狗)		關門	打	狗
simp. (关门打狗)		关门	打	狗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānméndǎgǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānméndǎgǒu [Phonetic: guānméndágǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanméndǎgǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-mên²-ta³-kou³
    • Yale: gwān-mén-dǎ-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanmendaagoou
    • Palladius: гуаньмэньдагоу (guanʹmɛnʹdagou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ mən³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

關門打狗

1. to take control of someone in one's sphere of influence and proceed to attack in a highly effective way