打草惊蛇 (打草驚蛇) dǎcǎo jīng shé

dǎcǎo jīng shé set phrase beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '打草驚蛇')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 30 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation