打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
Pinyin

Definition

打草惊蛇
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dǎ cǎo jīng shé
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
打算
dǎ suàn
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to intend
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 plan
  5. 5 intention
  6. 6 calculation
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
草
cǎo
  1. 1 variant of 草[cǎo]
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
仙草
xiān cǎo
  1. 1 medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
  2. 2 grass jelly
打下
dǎ xià
  1. 1 to lay (a foundation)
  2. 2 to conquer (a city etc)
  3. 3 to shoot down (a bird etc)
打交道
dǎ jiāo dào
  1. 1 to come into contact with
  2. 2 to have dealings
打仗
dǎ zhàng
  1. 1 to fight a battle
  2. 2 to go to war
打倒
dǎ dǎo
  1. 1 to overthrow
  2. 2 to knock down
  3. 3 Down with ... !
打假
dǎ jiǎ
  1. 1 to fight counterfeiting
  2. 2 to expose as false
  3. 3 to denounce sb's lies
打伞
dǎ sǎn
  1. 1 to hold up an umbrella
打劫
dǎ jié
  1. 1 to loot
  2. 2 to rob
  3. 3 to plunder
  4. 4 to ransack
打动
dǎ dòng
  1. 1 to move (to pity)
  2. 2 arousing (sympathy)
  3. 3 touching
打包
dǎ bāo
  1. 1 to wrap
  2. 2 to pack
  3. 3 to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out
  4. 4 to package (computing)
打卡
dǎ kǎ
  1. 1 (of an employee) to clock on (or off)
  2. 2 to punch in (or out)
打印
dǎ yìn
  1. 1 to print
  2. 2 to seal
  3. 3 to stamp
打印机
dǎ yìn jī
  1. 1 printer
打呼
dǎ hū
  1. 1 to snore
打呼噜
dǎ hū lu
  1. 1 to snore

Idioms (20)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
前门打虎，后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
  1. 1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eradicate
包打天下
bāo dǎ tiān xià
  1. 1 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
  2. 2 not allow anyone else to have a look in
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

Sample Sentences

不要打草惊蛇。
bù yào dǎcǎojīngshé 。
Don't frighten away the enemy.
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打草惊蛇
dǎcǎojīngshé
To frighten away an enemy.
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