打草惊蛇 dǎcǎojīngshé alert enemy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: warn others All meanings 2 dǎcǎojīngshé 2 alert enemy 1warn others 1 1 sentence for 打草惊蛇 (dǎcǎojīngshé — warn others) 他这样做原本是为了打草惊蛇,让其他人不敢再犯。 tā zhèyàng zuò yuánběn shì wèile dǎcǎojīngshé, ràng qítārén bù gǎn zài fàn. He originally did this to serve as a warning to others. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary