luò
shuǐ
gǒu

idiom

Meaning of 打落水狗

打落水狗 means to beat a drowning dog; to pursue and crush a defeated enemy. Pronounced dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu.

  • to beat a drowning dog; to pursue and crush a defeated enemy

Definitions & Examples

Duì
zhè
zhǒng
rén
 
jiù
yào
luò
shuǐ
gǒu
 
néng
gěi
chuǎn
de
huì
 

With this kind of person, you must beat the drowning dog and not give him a chance to catch his breath.

Xùn
xiān
sheng
chàng
 
tòng
luò
shuǐ
gǒu
 
de
dòu
zhēng
jīng
shén
 

Mr. Lu Xun advocated the fighting spirit of 'mercilessly beating the drowning dog.'

Xiàn
zài
shī
shì
le
 
hěn
duō
rén
xiǎng
shàng
luò
shuǐ
gǒu
 

Now that he has lost power, many people want to go and beat the drowning dog.

Yuán
wèn
shàng
 
duì
rén
jué
néng
xīn
shǒu
ruǎn
 
luò
shuǐ
gǒu
 

On matters of principle, one must never be soft-hearted towards the enemy; one must beat the drowning dog.