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”.

打蛇打七寸

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

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