未见官先打三十大板

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 未见官先打三十大板 – see 未見官先打三十大板 (“to be caned 30 times before one can meet the judge; to need to pay a high price before one can get what one wants”). (This term is the simplified form of 未見官先打三十大板).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.