打虎拍蠅

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	tiger	to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	fly; musca
trad. (打虎拍蠅)		打	虎	拍	蠅
simp. (打虎拍蝇)		打	虎	拍	蝇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎhǔpāiyíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄆㄞ ㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎhǔpāiyíng [Phonetic: dáhǔpāiyíng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄆㄞ ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎhǔpaiyíng
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-hu³-pʻai¹-ying²
    • Yale: dǎ-hǔ-pāi-yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daahuupaiyng
    • Palladius: дахупайин (daxupajin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵/

Idiom

打虎拍蠅

1. (neologism, politics, officialese) to crack down on both “tigers” and “flies” ― corrupt government officials at both higher and lower levels

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: đả hổ diệt ruồi, đả hổ đập ruồi (calque) (calque)