打草驚蛇
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See also: 打草惊蛇
Chinese[edit]
beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm |
snake; serpent | ||
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trad. (打草驚蛇) | 打 | 草 | 驚 | 蛇 | |
simp. (打草惊蛇) | 打 | 草 | 惊 | 蛇 | |
Literally: “to beat the grass and startle the snake”. |
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打草驚蛇