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打草惊蛇

dǎ cǎo jīng shé
Uncommon

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

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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