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打狗还得看主人
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Definitions
- 1. lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
- 2. fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
Child Words of 打狗还得看主人
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to beat
to have to
person; people
master
to pay back
still
to see
to look after
dozen (loanword)
to obtain
dog
owner