打草驚蛇

See also: 打草惊蛇

Chinese
 
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
 snake; serpent
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”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

打草驚蛇

  1. to give away your position through rash actions; to alert someone of your presence unwittingly
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