Ninchanese
Login Sign up

Ninchanese is the best way to learn Chinese.
Try it for free.

Sign me up
Simplified (switch to Traditional)

打草惊蛇 (打草驚蛇)

dǎ cǎo jīng shé

Definition

  1. (lit.) beat the grass to scare the snake
  2. to inadvertently alert an enemy
  3. to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)

Character Decomposition

打
=
扌
+
丁
草
=
艹
+
早
惊
=
忄
+
京
蛇
=
虫
+
它

Oh noes!

An error occured, please reload the page.
Don't hesitate to report a feedback if you have internet!

You are disconnected!

We have not been able to load the page.
Please check your internet connection and retry.
Retry