打狗還得看主人 [--还----]

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Pinyin dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  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