鞭打快牛

Chinese

		to whip; to lash; to flog
trad. (鞭打快牛)		鞭打	快牛
simp. #(鞭打快牛)		鞭打	快牛
Literally: “to whip the fast [running] cow”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāndǎkuàiniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāndǎkuàiniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biandǎkuàinióu
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-ta³-kʻuai⁴-niu²
    • Yale: byān-dǎ-kwài-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biandaakuayniou
    • Palladius: бяньдакуайню (bjanʹdakuajnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Idiom

鞭打快牛

1. to put high demands on a unit or individual that is already working well