关门打狗

Traditional form:

關門打狗

Pinyin (reading):

guānméndǎgǒu

Definitions:

• lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom)
• fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard

Characters:

• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 狗 - dog

Traditional characters:

• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 狗 - dog