1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
2 no discord, no concord
干打雷,不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
2 a lot of noise but no action
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
前门打虎,后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
包打天下
bāo dǎ tiān xià
1 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
2 not allow anyone else to have a look in
和尚打伞,无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
3 lawless
乔装打扮
qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn
1 to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit
单打独斗
dān dǎ dú dòu
1 to fight alone (idiom)
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
宽打窄用
kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
1 to give oneself leeway (idiom)
2 to allow room for error
张飞打岳飞
Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi
1 lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
2 fig. an impossible combination
3 an impossible turn of events (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
打家劫舍
dǎ jiā jié shè
1 to break into a house for robbery (idiom)
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