打草惊蛇(dǎ cǎo jīng shé): lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 打草驚蛇
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- dǎ cǎo jīng shé
- Meaning
- lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 打草驚蛇
Related words
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