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打草驚蛇

dǎcǎojīngshé

ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄜˊ

Simplified 打草惊蛇

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

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