打个巴掌再给个甜枣儿,堵嘴打個巴掌再給個甜棗兒,堵嘴打個巴掌再給個甜棗兒,堵嘴

slap someone then give a sweet date: to shut their mouth

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Using a mix of threat and reward to silence someone. Critical. Like 'carrot and stick'.

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Simplified: 打个巴掌再给个甜枣儿,堵嘴
Traditional (Taiwan): 打個巴掌再給個甜棗兒,堵嘴
Pinyin: dǎ gè bāzhang zài gěi gè tián zǎo ér,dǔzuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤㄗㄞˋ ㄍㄟˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄠˇ ㄦˊ,ㄉㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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