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打草惊蛇【dǎ cǎo jīng shé】

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

打草惊蛇【dǎ cǎo jīng shé】

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

打

HSK 11

含义strike, hit, beat; fight; attack

拼音dǎ

草

HSK 21

含义grass, straw, thatch, herbs

拼音cǎo

惊

HSK 4

含义frighten, surprise, startle

拼音jīng

蛇

HSK 52

含义snake

拼音shé