打狗

Dǎgǒu
Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄 Gāoxióng in the southwest of Taiwan

CEDICT

Old name for 高雄 (Gāoxióng, “Kaohsiung”).

Wiktionary

高雄(Gāoxióng)的舊名。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 打 dá
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr. dǎ
=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 狗 gǒu dog

classifiers: 隻, 條

Containing this entry

打狗欺主 dǎgǒuqīzhǔ
  1. to beat a dog and bully its owner
  2. fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate
打狗還得看主人 dǎgǒuháiděikànzhǔrén
  1. lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
  2. fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
肉包子打狗 ròubāozidǎgǒu
  1. lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom)
  2. fig. to flush (one's money or efforts) down the toilet
  3. to kiss sth goodbye
關門打狗 guānméndǎgǒu
  1. lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom)
  2. fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard