肉包子打狗

Chinese

		baozi with meat filling	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	dog
simp. and trad. (肉包子打狗)		肉包子	打	狗
Literally: “to hit a dog with a meat bun”.

Etymology

A xiehouyu. The second part is 有去無回／有去无回 (yǒuqùwúhuí). When one throws a meat bun to a dog, it will always eat it, and the person can never get the bun back.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròubāozi dǎ gǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄠ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ baau¹ zi² daa² gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròubāozi dǎ gǒu [Phonetic: ròubāozidágǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄠ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròubaozi̊h dǎ gǒu
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-pao¹-tzŭ⁵ ta³ kou³
    • Yale: ròu-bāu-dz dǎ gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowbau.tzy daa goou
    • Palladius: жоубаоцзы да гоу (žoubaoczy da gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ baau¹ zi² daa² gau²
    • Yale: yuhk bāau jí dá gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ baau¹ dzi² daa² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ bao¹ ji² da² geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² paːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ taː³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

肉包子打狗

1. (figurative) never return

Synonyms

• 劉備借荊州——有借無還／刘备借荆州——有借无还 (Liú Bèi jiè Jīngzhōu, yǒu jiè wú huán)