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打烏蠅 (daa2 wu1 jing1) — idiom. to only arrest low ranking officials in a scandal but not arrest those higher ranking officals responsible. in Cantonese

daaˊ²打wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅
简 打乌蝇
Mandarin Pinyin: da3 wu1 ying2

Meaning of 打烏蠅

nounidiom. to only arrest low ranking officials in a scandal but not arrest those higher ranking officals responsible.
nounlit. swat fly

Characters in 打烏蠅

打daa2
dozen
烏wu1
what; how; when
蠅jing4
the fly, one of the most annoying insects

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