打一巴掌，给个甜枣
dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎo
lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)
fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation
打
dǎ
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")
一
yī
one
巴
bā
the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
掌
zhang
palm of the hand
，
,
给
gěi
to
个
gè
variant of 個|个[ge4]
甜
tián
sweet
枣
zǎo
(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)