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打蛇不死，后患无穷【dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng】

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

打蛇不死，后患无穷【dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng】

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

打

HSK 11

含义strike, hit, beat; fight; attack

拼音dǎ

蛇

HSK 52

含义snake

拼音shé

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

死

HSK 32

含义die; dead; death

拼音sǐ

后

HSK 13

含义queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

拼音hòu

患

HSK 64

含义suffer, worry about; suffering

拼音huàn

无

HSK 4

含义negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

拼音wú

穷

HSK 4

含义poor, destitute, impoverished

拼音qióng