lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom); fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation
trad. 打一巴掌，給個甜棗
Also written 打一巴掌，給個甜棗【dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎo】
Characters in this word
8打
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(loanword) dozen, Taiwan pr. [da3]
- Pinyin
- dá
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 195 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
巴
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Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan), the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality, surname Ba, (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)
- Pinyin
- Bā
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 3789 of 2500
掌
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palm of the hand, sole of the foot, paw, horseshoe, to slap, to hold in one's hand, to wield
- Pinyin
- zhǎng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 14233 of 2500
给
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to, for, for the benefit of, to give, to allow, to do sth (for sb), (grammatical equivalent of 被), (grammatical equivalent of 把), (sentence intensifier)
- Pinyin
- gěi
- Traditional
- 給
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 40 of 2500
个
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used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- Pinyin
- gě
- Traditional
- 個
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 66 of 2500
甜
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sweet, (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
- Pinyin
- tián
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 5740 of 2500
枣
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(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
- Pinyin
- zǎo
- Traditional
- 棗
- Strokes
- 8