各 打 五 十 大 板

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lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties

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各打五十大板 各打五十大板 [ge4 da3 wu3 shi2 da4 ban3] /lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)/fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike/to put the blame on both parties/

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