打狗

Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄[Gao1 xiong2] in the southwest of Taiwan

dozen (loanword)

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

dog / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

to beat a dog and bully its owner / fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate

lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom) / fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom) / fig. to flush (one's money or efforts) down the toilet / to kiss sth goodbye

lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard