| 各打五十大板 |
gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn |
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties |
| 各 |
gè |
each / every |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
| 五 |
wǔ |
five / 5 |
| 五十 |
wǔ shí |
fifty |
| 十 |
shí |
ten / 10 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 板 |
bǎn |
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL:块 / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious |
| 板 |
bǎn |
see 老板, boss |
| 板 |
pàn |
to catch sight of in a doorway (old) |