- lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)
- fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy
- to hit sb when he's down
Characters
- 打 (打): dozen (loanword)
- 落 (落): to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
- 水 (水): surname Shui
- 狗 (狗): dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 打落水狗
- MDBG: 打落水狗
- Examples with 打落水狗 on Tatoeba
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