打狗看主面dǎ gǒu kàn zhǔ miànlove me love my dog
❍ ～。他反正不想多和朱延年往来了，但是，还有徐义德哩，他可是台面上的人物啊。(周而复《上海的早晨》 Ⅰ—479) Nevertheless，“love me love my dog”：although he had no desire to have anything more to do with Zhu Yannian,it would not do to forget the existence of Xu Yide,who really was a force to be reckoned with. 打狗看主面da gou kan zhu mian【方言】before you beat a dog,find out who’s its master |