打草驚蛇

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 ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² cou² ging¹ se⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎcǎojīngshé [Phonetic: dácǎojīngshé]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatsaojingsher
    • IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² cou² ging¹ se⁴
    • Yale: dá chóu gīng sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² tsou² ging¹ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² cou² ging¹ sé⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /täː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ sɛː²¹/

Idiom

打草驚蛇

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