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打草驚蛇 (daa2 cou2 ging1 se4) — wake a sleeping dog; act rashly and alert the enemy in Cantonese

daaˊ²打couˊ²草gingˉ¹驚seˎ₄蛇
简 打草惊蛇
Mandarin Pinyin: da3 cao3 jing1 she2

Meaning of 打草驚蛇

nounwake a sleeping dog; act rashly and alert the enemy
nounbeat the grass and startle the snake

Characters in 打草驚蛇

打daa2
dozen
草cou2
the script type of Chinese calligraphy
驚geng1
scary; surprised; startled
蛇se4
to goof off

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