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关门打狗

guān mén dǎ gǒu

4-character word Traditional 關門打狗

What 关门打狗 means

1. lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom)
2. fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard

The characters in 关门打狗

• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 狗gǒudog