打蛇不死，后患无穷

dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng

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

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Child Words of 打蛇不死，后患无穷

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 后 后 hòu: empress
• 患 患 huàn: to suffer (from illness)
• 打 打 dá: dozen (loanword)
• 打 打 dǎ: to beat
• 死 死 sǐ: to die
• 无 无 wú: not to have
• 无穷 无穷 wú qióng: endless
• 穷 穷 qióng: poor
• 蛇 蛇 shé: snake
• 后患无穷 后患无穷 hòu huàn wú qióng: it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)