打狗欺主 in English da3 gou3 qi1 zhu3 Meaning

Meanings

• to beat a dog and bully its owner
• metaphorically to humiliate somebody indirectly by bullying a subordinate

Pinyin

da3 gou3 qi1 zhu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

打da3dozen (loanword) 狗gou3dog 欺qi1to take unfair advantage of 主zhu3owner