打草惊蛇
打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 打草驚蛇
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- (verb, idiom) 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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Related Words
杀鸡吓猴(shā jī xià hóu)— lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
→一拍即合(yī pāi jí hé)— lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
→一板一眼(yī bǎn yī yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
→一板三眼(yī bǎn sān yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
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