打草惊蛇

dǎ cǎo jīng shé

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
  3. 3. to punish sb as a warning to others

Child Words of 打草惊蛇

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat

草
cǎo

grass

蛇
shé

snake

惊
jīng

to startle

打草
dǎ cǎo

to mow grass