打草惊蛇

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Mandarin[edit]

simpl. 打草惊蛇
trad. 打草驚蛇

Etymology[edit]

Literally: beat the grass and startle the snake

Idiom[edit]

打草惊蛇 (simplified, Pinyin dǎ cǎo jīng shé, traditional 打草驚蛇)

  1. act rashly and alert the enemy
  2. (law enforcement) tip off the suspect(s) that you are on to them

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