打蛇不死，后患无穷

dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng

释义

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

打蛇不死，后患无穷 的构成词

• 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)