打蛇打七寸

打蛇打七寸

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	snake; serpent	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	seven	a unit of length
simp. and trad. (打蛇打七寸)		打	蛇	打	七	寸
Literally: “to beat the snake, one must strike seven inch below it's head”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ shé dǎ qī cùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄑㄧ ㄘㄨㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎ shé dǎ qī cùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄑㄧ ㄘㄨㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa sher daa chi tsuenn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ shé dǎ ci cùn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤ³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡sʰwən⁵¹/

Idiom

打蛇打七寸

1. to attack the problem at its core; to take the bull by the horns; to hit where it hurts