打草驚蛇

See also: 打草惊蛇

Chinese

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎcǎojīngshé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² cou² ging¹ se⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎcǎojīngshé [Phonetic: dácǎojīngshé]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎcǎojingshé
  - Wade–Giles: ta³-tsʻao³-ching¹-shê²
  - Yale: dǎ-tsǎu-jīng-shé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatsaojingsher
  - Palladius: дацаоцзиншэ (dacaoczinšɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² cou² ging¹ se⁴
  - Yale: dá chóu gīng sèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² tsou² ging¹ se⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² cou² ging¹ sé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ sɛː²¹/

Idiom

打草驚蛇

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

See also

แหวกหญ้าให้งูตื่น

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