打狗还得看主人
Word
lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
- Traditional
- 打狗還得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
da3gou3hai2dei3kan4zhu3ren2Meaning
- lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom) CC-CEDICT
- fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him CC-CEDICT