做好做歹 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to persuade using all possible arguments ; to act good cop and bad cop in turn

Character by character

• 做zuòto work, to make; to act
• 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
• 做zuòto work, to make; to act
• 歹dǎicorpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked

Idioms sharing a character

• 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
• 做张做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì
• 做贼心虚 zuò zéi xīn xū
• 光说不做 guāng shuō bù zuò
• 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
• 小题大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò
• 说到做到 shuō dào zuò dào
• 不怀好意 bù huái hǎo yì
• 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi
• 不识好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi

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