肉包子打狗

Chinese

		baozi with meat filling	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	dog
simp. and trad. (肉包子打狗)		肉包子	打	狗

Etymology

A xiehouyu. The second part is 有去無回／有去无回 (yǒuqùwúhuí). When one throws a baozi to a dog, it will always eat it, and the person can never get the baozi back.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròubāozi dǎ gǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄠ ˙ㄗㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ baau¹ zi² daa² gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròubāozi dǎ gǒu [Phonetic: ròubāozidágǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄠ ˙ㄗㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròubaozi̊h dǎ gǒu
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-pao¹-tzŭ⁵ ta³ kou³
  - Yale: ròu-bāu-dz dǎ gǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowbau.tzy daa goou
  - Palladius: жоубаоцзы да гоу (žoubaoczy da gou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ baau¹ zi² daa² gau²
  - Yale: yuhk bāau jí dá gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ baau¹ dzi² daa² gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ bao¹ ji² da² geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² paːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ taː³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

肉包子打狗

(figurative) never return

Synonyms

劉備借荊州——有借無還／刘备借荆州——有借无还 (Liú Bèi jiè Jīngzhōu, yǒu jiè wú huán)

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