打蛇不死，后患无穷

dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng

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Definitions

  1. 1. if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)

Child Words of 打蛇不死，后患无穷

不
bù

no; not so

后
hòu

empress

患
huàn

to suffer (from illness)

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat

死
sǐ

to die

无
wú

not to have

无穷
wú qióng

endless

穷
qióng

poor

蛇
shé

snake

后患无穷
hòu huàn wú qióng

it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)