Entry
打草驚蛇
Source
CEDict 100318
Characters
打 草 驚 蛇
Miscellaneous
Traditional
打草驚蛇
Simplified
打草惊蛇
Pinyin
da3 cao3 jing1 she2
English
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake to inadvertently alert an enemy to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)
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