鞭打快牛

Chinese

		to whip; to lash; to flog
trad. (鞭打快牛)		鞭打	快牛
simp. ^#(鞭打快牛)		鞭打	快牛
Literally: “to whip the fast [running] cow”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biāndǎkuàiniú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biāndǎkuàiniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biandǎkuàinióu
  - Wade–Giles: pien¹-ta³-kʻuai⁴-niu²
  - Yale: byān-dǎ-kwài-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biandaakuayniou
  - Palladius: бяньдакуайню (bjanʹdakuajnju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Idiom

鞭打快牛

to put high demands on a unit or individual that is already working well

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