打
草
惊
蛇

Word Definition - 打草惊蛇

dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others

Individual Character Details

打 dá, dǎ
草 cǎo, cǎo, cào
惊 jīng
蛇 shé, shé, yí