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打草惊蛇

Traditional 打草驚蛇

dǎ cǎo jīng shé

lit. beat the grass to scare the snake…

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Meanings

dǎ cǎo jīng shé 打草驚蛇

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

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