打一巴掌，給個甜棗

打一巴掌，给个甜枣
dǎyībāzhang,gěigètiánzǎo
  1. lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)
  2. fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
2 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
3 巴掌 bāzhang
  1. palm of the hand
  2. classifier: slap
4 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
5 個 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
6 甜 tián sweet
7 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)