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打草驚蛇 (daa2 cou2 geng1 se4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

打草驚蛇 (daa2 cou2 geng1 se4, dǎ cǎo jīng shé) — lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 打主意 (daa2 zyu2 ji3) — to think of a plan; to think of an idea to take advantage of certain people
• 打乞嗤 (daa2 hat1 ci1) — sneeze
• 打亂 (daa2 lyun6) — to mess up; to disrupt; to cause chaos
• 打亂種 (daa2 lyun6 zung2) — people of mixed ethnicities; bastard
• 打交叉 (daa2 gaau1 caa1) — to draw a cross; to cross out
• 打交 (daa2 gaau1) — (verb) to fight; to scuffle;

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