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打狗欺主

dǎ gǒu qī zhǔ

4-character word

What 打狗欺主 means

1. to beat a dog and bully its owner
2. fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate

The characters in 打狗欺主

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 狗gǒudog
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 主zhǔowner; master; host

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