各打五十大板

Chinese

		each; every	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	fifty; 50	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (各打五十大板)		各	打	五十	大	板
simp. #(各打五十大板)		各	打	五十	大	板
Literally: “beat each person 50 times”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gè dǎ wǔshí dàbǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ daa² ng⁵ sap⁶ daai⁶ baan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gè dǎ wǔshí dàbǎn [Phonetic: gèdáwǔshídàbǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gè dǎ wǔshíh dàbǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ko⁴ ta³ wu³-shih² ta⁴-pan³
    • Yale: gè dǎ wǔ-shŕ dà-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geh daa wuushyr dahbaan
    • Palladius: гэ да уши дабань (gɛ da uši dabanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tä⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³ daa² ng⁵ sap⁶ daai⁶ baan²
    • Yale: gok dá ńgh sahp daaih báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ daa² ng⁵ sap⁹ daai⁶ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³ da² ng⁵ seb⁶ dai⁶ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ taː³⁵ ŋ̍¹³ sɐp̚² taːi̯²² paːn³⁵/

Idiom

各打五十大板

1. (figurative) to blame, criticize or punish both sides indiscriminately without determining who is right and who is wrong