created sense approved 打草惊蛇/打草驚蛇 · dǎcǎojīngshé · to alert an enemy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
打草惊蛇 / 打草驚蛇
dǎcǎojīngshé
to alert an enemy
(idiom) lit. beat the grass and scare the snake; fig. to unintentionally alert an opponent through careless actions, allowing them to prepare in advance
打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 草 (literal) → 草 · cǎo · grass 惊 (literal) → 惊/驚 · jīng · to startle 蛇 (literal) → 蛇 · shé · snake
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 打草惊蛇/打草驚蛇 · dǎcǎojīngshé · to warn others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
打草惊蛇 / 打草驚蛇
dǎcǎojīngshé
to warn others
(idiom) to punish or reprimand one person as a warning to another
打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 草 (literal) → 草 · cǎo · grass 惊 (literal) → 惊/驚 · jīng · to startle 蛇 (literal) → 蛇 · shé · snake
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition