未見官府先打三大板 (mei6 gin3 gun1 fu2 sin1 daa2 saam1 daai6 baan2 | ) : to pay the price before getting what one wants (lit., "hit three times without having seen the official")

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未見官府先打三大板

mei6 gin3 gun1 fu2 sin1 daa2 saam1 daai6 baan2

to pay the price before getting what one wants (lit., "hit three times without having seen the official")

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

未見官府先打三大板

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Characters in this word:

未 mei6 - not yet, not
見 gin3 jin6 - see; meet; view; show evidence of
官 gun1 - government official
府 fu2 - seat of government
先 sin1 - first; before; temporarily
打 daa2 daa1 - hit; strike | dozen
三 saam1 saam3 - three; several
大 daai6 - big
板 baan2 - plank; board

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