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打草惊蛇

dǎ cǎo jīng shé

Definitions

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

Child Words of 打草惊蛇

打草
dǎ cǎo
草
cǎo
打
dǎ
惊
jīng
蛇
shé
打
dá