打草惊蛇
dácǎo-jīngshéTraditional 打草驚蛇
to alert the enemy by a careless act
Every meaning
dǎcǎo-jīngshé
- to alert the enemy by a careless act
Its characters
- 打dǎto hit; to beat
- 草cǎograss; straw
- 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened
- 蛇shésnake
Words with 打
Words with 草
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.